Redefining space, power, and identity in China's largest internal diasporaIn the late imperial period of China, two major historical... Læs mere
By following the emergence of the Filipino return migrant (balikbayan), De Leon explores how statecraft in the Philippines—from the late Spanish period through the post-1946 independent state—attempted to co-opt value from migrant communities.
Reveals the limits and exclusions of defining desire as universalCompulsory sexuality—where sexual desire is seen as fundamental to human experience—not only pervades popular culture but is foundational to scientific research.
Whether through medical encyclopedias, daily-use almanacs, or novels and anecdotes, readers pursued knowledge of the natural... Læs mere
Experience dramatic mountain vistas and karst caves with China's most famous travel writerXu Xiake stands as China's... Læs mere
Uncovers China's tangled legacies of environmental destruction, resistance, and conservationThis volume offers a groundbreaking reassessment of the environmental history of Mao-era China, a period often reduced to a story of unchecked ecological devastation.
A deeply affecting memoir of reckoning with a father’s death and the Japanese American incarcerationIn a moving conversation with the past, Tamiko Nimura explores her late father’s life and her family’s wartime history at Tule Lake.
Uncovers how US environmental policy enforces racial oppression—and offers openings for communities to fight backThis book delivers a bold rethinking of how race, environment, and state power are entangled.
Reveals how Kurdish women mobilize political resistance within and beyond the boundaries of nation-state politicsIn... Læs mere