Monthly Archives: November 2011

Balancing Rites and Rights: The Social and Cultural Politics of New-Style Weddings in Republican Shanghai, 1898-1953 (by CHARLOTTE LUCIA COWDEN)

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Thomas Mullaney

[To read this review on the new Dissertation Reviews website, click here] In her dissertation, Charlotte Cowden traces the evolution of new-style weddings between the last decade of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911) and the first years of Communist rule. A … Continue reading →

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Contending States and Religious Orders in North China and in East Asian Context, 906-1260 (By JESSE D. SLOANE)

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Thomas Mullaney

[Note: To read this review on the new Dissertation Reviews site, click here] Thoroughly reexamining the religious policies and administrations of the Liao, Northern Song, and Jin states, Contending States and Religious Orders in North China and in East Asian Context, 906-1260 successfully provides us with … Continue reading →

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