Monthly Archives: October 2010

Off to a Truly Exciting Start

Thank you to everyone for making the first few days of CHDR a success. We are delighted to report that, in the first 48 hours alone, the inaugural reviews were read by hundreds of scholars. The second pair of reviews … Continue reading

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Law and Sensibility of Empire in the Making of Modern China, 1750-1900 (Author: Li Chen | Reviewer: David Luesink)

Law and Sensibility of Empire in the Making of Modern China, 1750-1900. By LI CHEN. Columbia University, 2009. 622 pp. Primary Advisor: Madeleine Zelin. Li Chen’s dissertation title is too modest. The dissertation goes a long way toward demonstrating not … Continue reading

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Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide in Twentieth Century China (Author: Jeremy Brown | Reviewer: Christopher Leighton)

Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide in Twentieth Century China. By Jeremy Brown. University of California, San Diego, 2008. 386 pp. Primary Advisors: Joseph W. Esherick, Paul G. Pickowicz In this well-written and extensively documented dissertation, Jeremy Brown tackles the daunting and … Continue reading

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Next on CHDR: Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide in Twentieth-Century China (Author: Jeremy Brown | Reviewer: Christopher Leighton)

Chinese History Dissertation Reviews will soon feature Christopher Leighton’s review of Jeremy Brown’s dissertation, “Crossing the Urban-Rural Divide in Twentieth-Century China.” Please stay tuned.  

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Next on CHDR: Law and Sensibility of Empire in the Making of Modern China, 1750-1900 (Author: Li Chen | Reviewer: David Luesink)

Chinese History Dissertation Reviews will soon feature David Luesink’s review of Li Chen’s dissertation, “Law and Sensibility of Empire in the Making of Modern China, 1750-1900.” Please stay tuned.

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