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Imagine that the author of Circulated Bodies introduces herself at a cocktail party, saying that she is a historian...

The late Kanamori Osamu pushed against historical and philosophical boundaries in his extensive scientific writings.

Yuriko Tanaka's Science and Representation: A History of "Bacteria consists of four case studies, each of which...

Environmental Winds is a book about environmentalism in remote China. Working from in-depth observations recorded...

This book is an analysis of a small group of Japanese medical students who studied abroad in Germany before World...

Each ancient civilization launched and then evolved its unique philosophies and quotidian worldviews that helped...

This is an ambitious book both in terms of its scope and its approach. It covers the period between the early...

"Genshiryoku no shakaishi: Sono nihonteki tenkai. Shinpan 原子力の社会史:その日本的展開. 新版 [A Social History of Nuclear Power: Its...

Siam's New Detectives is a national case study that contributes to the burgeoning literature on the development...

"Epidemic Invasions: Yellow Fever and the Limits of Cuban Independence, 1878–1930." East Asian Science, Technology...