Monthly Archive: May, 2020

May 29, 2020

Which Human Ancestor Invented Words?

By Herbert S. Terrace

“Language seems to be a miracle; even our closest relatives, the great apes, lack any capacity for the grammatical structures that make human language unique. Herbert Terrace goes further and shows that chimpanzees can’t even learn words. With characteristic clarity,...

May 28, 2020

COVID-19: War or Virus?
by Sunny Xiang

“Tonal Intelligence is smart and theoretically sophisticated. The book marks a significant contribution to work in Asian American and Asian studies, studies of twentieth-century literature and culture, theories of form and affect, and transpacific studies of late twentieth-century Asia.” ~Denise...

May 27, 2020

Book Excerpt! Asian Place, Filipino Nation, by Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz (chapter 1)

“In restoring the intellectual history of the Philippine Revolution, at long last, to its pan-Asian context, Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz offers a startling new perspective not only on the history of the Philippines in that era but on the evolution of...

May 26, 2020

The Philippine Revolution Constructs ‘Asia’ and Civilization from the Periphery

By Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz

“In restoring the intellectual history of the Philippine Revolution, at long last, to its pan-Asian context, Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz offers a startling new perspective not only on the history of the Philippines in that era but on the evolution of...

May 26, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Asian Place, Filipino Nation, Sex-Positive Social Work, Management Fundamentals, and More!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Asian Place, Filipino Nation A Global Intellectual History of the Philippine Revolution, 1887–1912 Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz Asian Place, Filipino Nation reconnects the Philippine Revolution to the histories of Southeast and East...

May 22, 2020

Book Excerpt! Chow Chop Suey, By Anne Mendelson (introduction)

“Well-written and impeccably researched, Chow Chop Suey is a beautiful ode both to the history of Chinese Americans and the intriguing ways in which China’s rich food culture continues to take root here and flourish. Anne Mendelson’s section on Chinese...

May 21, 2020

Q&A: Anne Mendelson on Food and the Chinese American Journey

“Chow Chop Suey is an eye-opener, a book that will give everyone a deep appreciation of the exquisite skill required to produce authentic Chinese food and the sweep of history that brought Chinese cooking to America.” ~Marion Nestle, professor of nutrition,...

May 20, 2020

Book Excerpt! Sewing Women, by Margaret M. Chin (introduction)

“A new and illuminating perspective on New York’s garment industry and the dynamics of work among today’s immigrants through a carefully argued and insightful comparison of Chinese- and Korean-owned garment shops and their Chinese and Hispanic workers. This richly-textured account,...

May 20, 2020

New from Our Distributed Presses! Hong Kong in the Belt and Road Initiative, Indonesia: History, Heritage, Culture and more!

Our weekly list of new books is now available! Association for Asian Studies Indonesia: History, Heritage, Culture Kathleen M. Adams This work offers a concise, engaging introduction to the historical, political and cultural dynamics of Indonesia, the world’s fourth most...

May 19, 2020

Shennette Garrett-Scott Featured on ABWH-TV

“Garrett-Scott reclaims the stories of black women who—as bank founders and clerks, investors, aspiring home owners, loan seekers, and, yes, as those denied loans—asserted their own economic ethos. A compelling account of black women’s ideas about money, savings, lending, obligation,...

May 19, 2020

Q&A: Margaret M. Chin on the New York City Garment Industry

“Sewing Women provides a new and illuminating perspective on New York’s garment industry and the dynamics of work among today’s immigrants through a carefully argued and insightful comparison of Chinese- and Korean-owned garment shops and their Chinese and Hispanic workers.”...

May 19, 2020

New Book Tuesday! Film Studies and Foucault’s Strange Eros

Our weekly list of new books is now available! From the Film and Culture Series Film Studies, second edition An Introduction Ed Sikov Film Studies is a concise and indispensable introduction to the formal study of cinema. The second edition...