Anxious Homes is a study of the power that shapes the forms of the homes Chinese citizens strive for and the possible paths they may take to realize their home ownership dreams. Mengqi Wang discusses how the Chinese real estate industry functions in the everyday, welding aspirational middle-class families, especially migrant families, to the ......
Policy Banks and the Globalization of China's Development Finance
In The Latecomer's Rise, Muyang Chen reveals the nature and impact of a rapidly growing form of international lending: Chinese development finance. Over the past few decades, China has become the world's largest provider of bilateral development finance. Through its two national policy banks, the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import ......
Place Making, History, and Urban Transitions on the Tibetan Plateau
High Lands, Pure Earth foregrounds Tibetan experiences of urban transitions in China's late-reform-period. In the twenty-first century, China's accelerated urbanization has transformed the Tibetan Plateau. However, Tibetan urban experiences continue to be profoundly shaped by senses of being in the world that long pre-date Tibet's subjugation into ......
Place Making, History, and Urban Transitions on the Tibetan Plateau
High Lands, Pure Earth foregrounds Tibetan experiences of urban transitions in China's late-reform-period. In the twenty-first century, China's accelerated urbanization has transformed the Tibetan Plateau. However, Tibetan urban experiences continue to be profoundly shaped by senses of being in the world that long pre-date Tibet's subjugation into ......
How State Colleges Used Athletics to Expand Educational Opportunity
Playing the Game uncovers the history of state and regional colleges as engines of opportunity in postwar America. By 1970, these institutions enrolled more students than elite private or flagship public universities, and yet they remained on the margins of public attention and scholarly research. Marc A. VanOverbeke shows how these colleges ......
In The Triumph of Christianity Redescribed, Eric Rebillard argues that the appearance of Christian signs and practices in the Roman Empire has long been misunderstood. Rather than marking a rapid wave of conversions or the triumph of belief, the spread of Christian signs reflected a more complex and fluid religious landscape. Rebillard offers a ......
Legitimacy Building in Late Imperial and Modern China
Lex Lu argues in Appearance Politics that crafting an appealing and powerful outward image has long been an essential political instrument in China. Its traces may be found in historical records, imperial portraits, physiognomic prognostications, photographs, posters, statues, and digital images. Employing rare archival materials from Beijing, ......
The Human Edge is a call to action for anyone who wants to lead-and not merely follow-using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the way we make decisions. But as Cheryl Strauss Einhorn shows, AI can either simplify complex problems or obscure them, expand your thinking or constrain it. With AI becoming more embedded in our work and personal ......
The Human Edge is a call to action for anyone who wants to lead-and not merely follow-using artificial intelligence (AI) to transform the way we make decisions. But as Cheryl Strauss Einhorn shows, AI can either simplify complex problems or obscure them, expand your thinking or constrain it. With AI becoming more embedded in our work and personal ......
