Publications Program
Harvard University Asia Center titles in print may be purchased from our distributor, Harvard University Press.
Through collaborations with Brill (500+ titles), JSTOR (500+ titles), Project Muse (400+ titles), ProQuest (400+ titles), and the ACLS Humanities E-book Program, nearly all of our books—even those that have gone out of print—are now available digitally. A book’s digital edition is usually published about one year after the release of the print book. Please visit each vendor’s website to learn more and to browse the Asia Center E-book collections.
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A Historical Taxonomy of Talking Birds in Chinese Literature [forthcoming]
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Virtue That Matters: Chastity Culture and Social Power in Chosŏn Korea (1392–1910) [forthcoming]
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Sentimental Republic: Chinese Intellectuals and the Maoist Past [forthcoming]
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Chinese Animation: Multiplicities in Motion [forthcoming]
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Lost Tongues of the Red River: Annamese Middle Chinese & the Origins of the Vietnamese Language [forthcoming]
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Experimentalist Constitutions: Subnational Policy Innovations in China, India, and the United States
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