Morris L. Bian

"Bian is on of the leaders of a generation of young scholars who have placed the history of Chinese business enterprise‹private and now public‹at the heart of historical discussion in the field."
‹William C. Kirby, Harvard University

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Sumantra Bose

"Sumantra Bose both captures the complexity of the Kashmir issue and explains it in ways nonspecialists can understand. It is essential that as many people as possible understand this dispute, since it is surely one of the most dangerous on earth. Bose performs the additional service of providing guidelines for a bold, imaginative, yet feasible appraoch to resolving the problem of Kashmir based on lessons learned in other regional and sectarian conflicts."
‹Strobe Talbott, Brookings Institution

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"This large, beautiful and indispensable volume...is a detailed but concise guide to Japanese history from its beginnings until now, filled with general information but with a particular emphasis on religion and the arts. It contains a detailed chronology as well as a concise bibiliography."
‹Donald Richie, Japan Times

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Theodore Friend

"[Friend] combines scholarly analysis with vivid personal recollections‹of both important political players and ordinary people. The result is a book of passionate engagement and first-rate scholarship."
‹Michael J. Ybarra, Wall Street Journal

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Melanie Manion

"Corruption by Design provides an excellent analysis of how officials in Hong Kong and mainland China have reacted to widespread corruption. Manion argues persuasively that strategies of reform must include enforcement, education, and institutional design. Her workŠis the most thorough examination of corruption in that country to date."
‹John P. Burns, University of Hong Kong

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Wm Theodore de Bary

Wm. Theodore de Bary argues that the concepts of leadership and public morality in the major Asian traditions offer a valuable perspective on humanizing the globalization process. Turning to the classic ideals of the Buddhist, Hindu, Confucian, and Japanese traditions, he investigates the nature of true leadership."

"By addressing the fundamental question of whether Asian values can enrich liberal concepts such as liberty, rationality, human rights, and the due process of law, de Bary makes a significant contribution to the current dialogue among civilizations."
‹Tu Weiming, Harvard University

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Scott Kennedy

"Can Chinese firms promote their interests within what remains an authoritarian political system? Scott Kennedy argues that they can, in some cases through business associations. Based on extensive field research, this is one of the first books to examine the ways in which non-state actors in China pursue their interests through lobbying. It is an invaluable addition to the literature on state-society relations in contemporary China."
‹Harry Harding, Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

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F. W. Mote

"A major contribution to our present literature on the general historiogrpahy of late imperial China. Not only is it eminently accessible to a wide nonspecialized intellectual public, it also provides a major corrective within the field to some of the tendencies that have dominated the writing of Chinese history."
‹Benjamin I. Schwartz, Harvard University

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Marius B. Jansen

"Now in a magisterial book that's also highly readable, Marius Jansen has told the story of Meiji and with it the creation of modern Japan...The capstone of Jansen's work as America's foremost historian of Japan, this book will long be must reading for students. But the author's relaxed style, his eye for people and the clarity and patience of his explanations should appeal to any thoughtful reader."
‹Frank Gibney, Washington Post Book World

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