“ASIA PAST & PRESENT” is the AAS scholarly monograph series. This series is overseen by the AAS Editorial Board and the series editor, William M. Tsutsui. AAS expects to publish 1–2 “Asia Past and Present” books a year, each fully refereed and selected on the basis of exemplary, original, and enduring scholarship.
The following “Asia Past & Present” titles, written by leading scholars in their fields are now available:
TEACHING JAPANESE POPULAR CULTURE
edited by Deborah Shamoon and Chris McMorran
EAST MEETS EAST: Chinese Discover the Modern World in Japan, 1854–1898. A Window on the Intellectual and Social Transformation of Modern China
by Douglas R. Reynolds with Carol T. Reynolds
A SCHOLARLY REVIEW OF CHINESE STUDIES IN NORTH AMERICA (FREE E-BOOK)
edited by Haihui Zhang, Zhaohui Xue, Shuyong Jiang, and Gary Lance Lugar
CHANGING LIVES: The “Postwar” in Japanese Women’s Autobiographies and Memoirs
by Ronald P. Loftus
SCATTERED GODDESSES: Travels with the Yoginis
by Padma Kaimal
MEMORY, VIOLENCE, QUEUES: Lu Xun Interprets China
by Eva Chou
SOUTH ASIAN TEXTS IN HISTORY: Critical Engagements with Sheldon Pollock
edited by Yigal Bronner, Whitney Cox, and Lawrence McCrea
BEATING DEVILS AND BURNING THEIR BOOKS: Views of Japan, China, and the West
edited by Anthony E. Clark
COLLECTING ASIA: East Asian Libraries in North America, 1868–2008
edited by Peter X. Zhou
TO DIE AND NOT DECAY: Autobiography and the Pursuit of Immortality in Early China
by Matthew V. Wells
PRESCRIBING COLONIZATION: The Role of Medical Practices and Policies in Japan-Ruled Taiwan, 1895–1945
by Michael Shiyung Liu
TOOLS OF CULTURE: Japan’s Cultural, Intellectual, Medical, and Technological Contacts in East Asia, 1000s to 1500s
edited by Andrew Edmund Goble, Kenneth R. Robinson, and Haruko Wakabayashi
MODERN SHORT FICTION OF SOUTHEAST ASIA: A Literary History
edited by Teri Shaffer Yamada
ASIA PAST & PRESENT: NEW RESEARCH FROM AAS
