The Asia Center Publications Program oversees three series: the Harvard Contemporary China Series, active since 1985 and now totalling close to 20 titles; Harvard East Asian Monographs, initiated in 1956 and now totaling more than 300 published titles; and the Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, with over 60 titles. The program published 14 new titles in academic year 2008–2009. In 2004, it began to offer online publications on its web site.

Asia Center Publications Program books may be ordered from Harvard University Press.

Requests for review copies and desk/exam copies should be made through Harvard University Press.

Harvard East Asian Monographs—A full listing of books in this series (pdf)

Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series—A full listing of books in this series (pdf)

Information for authors: Guidelines for submitting a book proposal (pdf), final manuscript preparation (pdf), permissions (pdf), proofreading (pdf)

Information on Introduction to Ch'ing Documents (pdf)

Commerce in Culture: The Sibao Book Trade in the Qing and Republican Periods by Cynthia J. Brokaw Additional material:   Appendix D / E / F / G (pdfs)

The People's Emperor: Democracy and the Japanese Monarchy, 1945–1995 by Kenneth J. Ruoff Updated material:   2003 Epilogue (pdf)   2009 Epilogue (pdf)

Through a Forest of Chancellors: Fugitive Histories in Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge, an Illustrated Book from Seventeenth-Century Suzhou by Anne Burkus-Chasson Additional material:   Notes to Appendix (pdf)

Recently published by the Asia Center Publications Program

New on-line publications

AIDS and Social Policy in China by Joan Kaufman, Arthur Kleinman, and Tony Saich, editors   Read the complete book here.

The Age of Uncertainty: The U.S.-China-Japan Triangle from Tiananmen (1989) to 9/11 (2001) by Ezra F.  Vogel, Yuan Ming, and Akihiko Tanaka, editors   Read the complete book here.

Financial Sector Reform in China by Yasheng Huang, Tony Saich, and Edward Steinfeld, editors   Read the complete book here.

New print publications

Wretched Rebels: Rural Disturbances on the Eve of the Chinese Revolution by Lucien Bianco Read the Front Matter Read the Introduction	Through a Forest of Chancellors: Fugitive Histories in Liu Yuan's Lingyan ge, an Illustrated Book from Seventeenth-Century Suzhou by Anne Burkus-Chasson Read the Front Matter Read the Introduction
Sovereignty at the Edge: Macau and the Question of Chineseness by Cathryn H. Clayton Read the Front Matter Read the Introduction	Superstitious Regimes: Religion and the Politics of Chinese Modernity by Rebecca Nedostup Read the Front Matter Read the Introduction
Defining Engagement: Japan and Global Contexts, 1640-1868 by Robert I. Hellyer Read the Front Matter Read the Introduction	Spectacle and Sacrifice: The Ritual Foundations of Village Life in North China by David Johnson Read the Front Matter Read the Introduction

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