| Title | Author | Call# | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Tragedy Of Liberation: A History of The Chinese Revolution 1945-1957 | Dikötter, Frank | DS 777.54 .D55 2017 |  |
| Mao’s Great Famine: The History of China’s Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 | Dikötter, Frank | DS 778.7 .D55 2016 |  |
| China Since 1949 | Benson, Linda | DS 777.55 .B416 2016 |  |
| Leftover Women: The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China | Fincher, Leta Hong | HQ 1237.5 .C5F5 2016 |  |
| China’s Political System: Modernization and Tradition | Dreyer, June Teufel | JQ 1510 .D74 2015 |  |
| Understanding Contemporary China | Gamer, Robert E., 1938-, & Toops, Stanley (editors) | DS 706 .U47 2017 |  |
| The World Turned Upside Down: A History of the Chinese Cultural Revolution | Yang, Jisheng. | DS 778.7 .Y3713 2021 |  |
| China At War: Triumph And Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China | Van de Ven, Hans J. | DS777.519 .V36 2018 |  |
| Politics in China: An Introduction | Joseph, William A. | Q 1510 .P655 2024 |  |
| One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment | Fong, Mei | HB 3654 .A3 F66 2016 |  |
| Title | Author | Call# | Book Cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Essence of Shinto: Japan’s Spiritual Heart | Yamakage, Motohisa | BL 2221 .Y355613 2006 |  |
| Japan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool | Stalker, Nancy K. | DS 806 .S83 2018 |  |
| A Concise History of Japan | Walker, Brett L. | DS 835 .W333 2015 |  |
| Shinto In the History and Culture of Japan | Green, Ronald S. | BL 2220 .G74 2020 |  |
| Japan and Imperialism, 1853-1945 | Huffman, James L. | DS 882.6 .H84 2017 |  |
| A History of Popular Culture in Japan: From the Seventeenth Century to the Present | Atkins, E. Taylor (Everett Taylor) 1967- | DS 821 .A755 2017 |  |
| Hiroshima, Nagasaki: The Real Story of the Atomic Bombings and Their Aftermath | Ham, Paul | D 767.25 .H6 H334 2014 |  |
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Chinese History and Culture: Sixth Century B.C.E. To Seventeenth Century, Volume 1
Yu, Yingshi. 2016
Chinese History and Culture: Sixth Century B.C.E. To Seventeenth Century, Volume 2
Yu, Yingshi. 2016
China Under Mao: A Revolution Derailed
Walder, Andrew G. 2015
Chung, Tan 2018
Touring China: A History of Travel Culture, 1912–1949
Mo, Yajun 2021
Hollywood in China: Behind the Scenes of the World’s Largest Movie Market
Zhu, Ying 2022
Fashioning China: Precarious Creativity and Women Designers in Shanzhai Culture
Liao, Sara 2020
The China Option: A Guide for Millennials: How to Work, Play, and Find Success in China
Erickson, Sophia Camille 2018
In China’s Wake: How the Commodity Boom Transformed Development Strategies in the Global South
Jepson, Nicholas 2020
Japan: A Short Cultural History
Sansom, George B. 2015
Allison, Anne. 2015
The Japanese and the War: Expectation, Perception, and the Shaping of Memory
Lucken, Michael. 2017
China and Japan at War, 1937-1945
Jowett, Philip S. 2016
Japan: History and Culture from Classical to Cool
Stalker, Nancy K. 2018
Postwar Japan: Growth, Security, and Uncertainty Since 1945
Green, Michael J. & Cooper Zack 2017
Lie, John 2022
History of Japan in Manga: Samurai, Shoguns and World War II
Shunichiro, Kanaya 2022
History of Modern Japan: In Search of a Nation: 1850 to the Present
Harding, Christopher 2020
Into the Field: Human Scientists of Transwar Japan
Kadia. Miriam L. Kingsberg 2020
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