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Volume 70 - November 2011

Book Reviews—China

Ancestors, Virgins, and Friars: Christianity as a Local Religion in Late Imperial China. By Eugenio Menegon. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Asia Center for the Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, 2009. xxii, 450 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Taiwan's Politics in the 21st Century: Changes and Challenges. Edited by Wei-Chin Lee. Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2010. ix, 294 pp. $74.00 (cloth).

China's Quest for Political Legitimacy: The New Equity-Enhancing Politics. By Baogang Guo. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2010. 234 pp. $65.00 (cloth).

Revolution of the Heart: A Genealogy of Love in China, 1900–1950. By Haiyan Lee. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 2007. xii, 364 pp. $35.00 (cloth); $27.95 (paper).

Leprosy in China: A History. By Angela Ki Che Leung. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. xi, 373 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

Drink Water but Remember the Source: Moral Discourse in a Chinese Village. By Ellen Oxfeld. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2010. xviii, 312 pp. $60.00 (cloth); $24.95 (paper).

Pioneer Chinese Christian Women: Gender, Christianity, and Social Mobility. Edited by Jessie G. Lutz. Bethlehem, PA: Lehigh University Press, 2010. 444 pp. $85.00 (cloth).

Making the Political: Founding and Action in the Political Theory of Zhang Shizhao. By Leigh K. Jenco. Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010. xiv, 282 pp. AUD$160.00 (cloth).

The Huainanzi: Liu An, King of Huainan: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Government in Early Han China. Translated and edited by John S. Major, Sarah A. Queen, Andrew Seth Meyer, and Harold D. Roth. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. ix–xi, 988 pp. $75.00 (cloth).

Redeemed by Fire: The Rise of Popular Christianity in Modern China. By Lian Xi. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2010. xi, 333 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Behind the Gate: Inventing Students in Beijing. By Fabio Lanza. New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. xiii, 299 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

The Great Wall: A Cultural History. By Carlos Rojas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2010. xv, 213 pp. $24.95 (cloth).

Competing Chinese Political Visions: Hong Kong vs. Beijing on Democracy. By Sonny Shui-hing Lo. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Praeger, 2010. xii, 294 pp. $59.95 (cloth).

Merchants' Daughters: Women, Commerce, and Regional Culture in South China. Edited by Helen F. Siu. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. xii, 375 pp. $59.50 (cloth).

The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci. By Tracy G. Miller. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2007. xx, 265 pp. $45.00 (cloth).

Foreign Firms, Investment, and Environmental Regulation in the People's Republic of China. By Phillip Stalley. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2010. 296 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

Buddhism and Taoism Face to Face: Scripture, Ritual, and Iconographic Exchange in Medieval China. By Christine Mollier. Honolulu: University of Hawai‘i Press, 2008. xi, 241 pp. $55.00 (cloth); $22.00 (paper).

Surviving Nirvana: Death of the Buddha in Chinese Visual Culture. By Sonya S. Lee. Aberdeen: Hong Kong University Press, 2010. xv, 355 pp. $55.00 (cloth).

China, Cambodia, and the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence. By Sophie Richardson. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. 344 pp. $50.00 (cloth).

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