November 13, 2015

A Chronology of State Making and Capitalist Development in China

Read an excerpt from Ho-fung Hung’s chronology of the development of both capitalism and the state in China from the 16th to the 21st centuries from THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 13, 2015

The Russian Library Series: A #UPWeek 2015 Blog Tour Post

Read an interview with Christine Dunbar, who will be working on Columbia University Press’s exciting new Russian Library series of literature in translation, as part of the UP Week 2015 blog tour!

November 12, 2015

University Press Week 2015 Blog Tour Roundup, Day 4

The 2015 University Press Week blog tour is off to a great start, with more presses participating than ever before! As in previous years, a theme is selected for each weekday and various university presses sign up to post on...

November 12, 2015

Political Uncertainties in Post-miracle China

Read “Political Uncertainties in Post-miracle China,” an article by Ho-fung Hung, author of THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 11, 2015

University Press Week 2015 Blog Tour Roundup, Day 3

Our Roundup of the third day of the 2015 University Press Week blog tour!

November 11, 2015

China Steps Back

Read “China Steps Back,” an article by Ho-fung Hung, author of THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 10, 2015

University Press Week 2015 Blog Tour Roundup, Days 1 and 2

Our Roundup of the first two days of the 2015 University Press Week blog tour!

November 10, 2015

Sinomania and Capitalism

Read an excerpt from “Sinomania and Capitalism,” the introduction to THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD, by Ho-fung Hung.

November 10, 2015

New Book Tuesday: Business Journalism, Short Selling, Hedonism, and More!

Our weekly listing of new books now available.

November 9, 2015

Becoming Way Too Cool: How Neoliberalism Alters How We Feel

Read a guest post on the complicated history of the concept of “cool” and neoliberalism by Shannon Winnubst, author of WAY TOO COOL: SELLING OUT RACE AND ETHICS.

November 6, 2015

Themes from The Con Men

Read a guest post from Trevor B. Milton, coauthor of THE CON MEN: HUSTLING IN NEW YORK CITY, about some of the key threads that tie the book’s many stories together.

November 5, 2015

Cop Cons

Read an excerpt from the introduction to Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton’s THE CON MEN: HUSTLING IN NEW YORK CITY, in which Milton discusses “cop cons” with a former police officer.”