| Nonfiction titles submitted for the 2008 Kiriyama Prize (by author)
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| Title |
Author |
Publisher |
| The Desert Remembers My Name: On Family and Writing |
Alcalá, Kathleen |
University of Arizona Press |
| Beyond the Horizon: The Great Race to Finish the First Human-Powered Circumnavigation of the Globe |
Angus, Colin |
Doubleday Canada |
| The World Made New |
Aronson, Marc and John W. Glenn |
National Geographic Society |
| Inside the Red Mansion |
August, Oliver |
Houghton Mifflin |
| Hiromi’s Hands |
Barasch, Lynne |
Lee & Low |
| Lines of the Nation |
Bear, Laura |
Columbia University Press |
| Marco Polo |
Bergreen, Laurence |
Knopf |
| Perfect Spy: The Incredible Life of Pahm Xuan An |
Berman, Larry |
HarperCollins |
| Eccentric Spaces, Hidden Histories: Narrative, Ritual, and Royal Authority from The Chronicles of Japan to The Tale of the Heike |
Bialock, David T. |
Stanford University Press |
| The Father of All Things |
Bissell, Tom |
Pantheon Books |
| Pathways to the Present: U.S. Development and Its Consequences in the Pacific |
Blackford, Mansel G. |
University of Hawai’i Press |
| The Lost Coast: Salmon, Memory, and the Death of Wild Culture |
Bowling, Tim |
Nightwood Editions |
| Unsettling Narratives: Postcolonial Readings of Children’s Literature |
Bradford, Clare |
Wilfred Laurier University Press |
| Journey to the East: The Jesuit Mission to China |
Brocky, Liam Matthew |
Harvard University Press/Belknap |
| A War Like No Other: The Truth About China’s Challenge to America |
Bush, Richard C. and Michael E. O’Hanlon |
John Wiley & Sons |
| Assembling Women: The Feminization of Global Manufacturing |
Caraway, Teri L. |
Cornell University Press |
| Hapa Girl: A Memoir |
Chai, May-lee |
Temple University Press |
| The Authentic Confucius: A Life of Thought and Politics |
Chin, Annping |
Scribner |
| Happy Birthday or Whatever: Track Suits, Kim Chee, and Other Family Disasters |
Choi, Annie |
HarperCollins |
| Legacies of Struggle: Conflict and Cooperation in Korean American Politics |
Chung, Angie Y. |
Stanford University Press |
| Notebooks of Elizabeth Cook-Lynn |
Cook-Lynn, Elizabeth |
University of Arizona Press |
| The Zen of Fish: The Story of Sushi from Samurai to Supermarket |
Corson, Trevor |
HarperCollins |
| Earth in Flower |
Cravath, Paul |
DatAsia, Inc |
| Surfer of the Century: The Life of Duke Kahanamoku |
Crowe, Ellie |
Lee & Low |
| East Wind Melts the Ice: A Memoir through the Seasons |
Dalby, Liza |
University of California Press |
| The Last Mughal |
Dalrymple, William |
Alfred A. Knopf (US) |
| America and China: Asia-Pacific Rim Hegemony in the Twenty-First Century |
Doyle, Randall |
Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield |
| Kiwis Might Fly |
Evans, Polly |
Delta/Dell |
| China Fever: Fascination, Fear, and the World’s Next Superpower |
Fang, Frank S. |
Stone Bridge Press |
| Changing Clothes in China: Fashion, History, Nation |
Finnane, Antonia |
Columbia University Press |
| Chasing Kangaroos: A Continent, a Scientist, and a Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Creature |
Flannery, Tim |
Grove Press |
| Revolution of Hope |
Fox, Vicente and Rob Allyn |
Viking |
| Witness to Disaster: Volcanoes |
Fradin, Judith and Dennis |
National Geographic Society |
| Uneasy Warriors: Gender, Memory, and Popular Culture in the Japanese Army |
Fruhstuck, Sabine |
University of California Press |
| The Peninsula Question: A Chronicle of the Second Korean Nuclear Crisis |
Funabashi, Yoichi |
Brookings Institution Press |
| China Ghosts |
Gammage, Jeff |
HarperCollins |
| Zhou Enlai: The Last Perfect Revolutionary |
Gao, Wenquian |
Public Affairs |
| China and Iran |
Garver, John W. |
University of Washington Press |
| China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power |
Gifford, Rob |
Random House |
| Rising Star: China’s New Security Diplomacy |
Gill, Bates |
Brookings Institution Press |
| Five Days in August: How World War II Became a Nuclear War |
Gordin, Michael D. |
Princeton University Press |
| Countries of the World: Japan |
Green, Jen |
National Geographic Society |
| India After Ghandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy |
Guha, Ramachandra |
HarperCollins |
| Sisters of Heaven: China’s Barnstorming Aviatrixes |
Gully, Patti |
Long River Press |
| Famine in North Korea |
Haggard, Stephen and Marcus Noland |
Columbia University Press |
| A Life Less Ordinary |
Halder, Baby |
HarperCollins |
| The Airmen and the Headhunters |
Heimann, Judith |
Harcourt Trade Publishers |
| The Story of Tea: A Cultural History and Drinking Guide |
Heiss, Mary Lou and Robert J. |
Ten Speed Press |
| Whale Warriors |
Heller, Peter |
Free Press |
| A Glorious Defeat: Mexico and Its War with the United States |
Henderson, Timothy |
Hill & Wang/FSG |
| Liquid Jade: The Story of Tea from East to West |
Hohenegger, Beatrice |
St Martin’s Press |
| The White Pacific: U.S. Imperialism and Black Slavery in the South Seas after the Civil War |
Horne, Gerald |
University of Hawai’i Press |
| The Sushi Economy: Globalization and the Making of a Modern Delicacy |
Issenberg, Sasha |
Gotham Books (Penguin Group, USA) |
| The Vaccinators: Smallpox, Medical Knowledge, and the ‘Opening’ of Japan |
Jannetta, Ann |
Stanford University Press |
| Planet India: How the Fastest-Growing Democracy is Transforming America and the World |
Kamdar, Mira |
Scribner |
| Confessions: An Innocent Life in Communist China |
Kang, Zhengguo |
WW Norton |
| Goodbye Madame Butterfly: Sex, Marriage, and the Modern Japanese Woman |
Kawakami, Sumie |
Chin Music Press, Inc |
| Charm Offensive |
Kurlantzick, Joshua |
Yale University Press |
| The Making of Minjung |
Lee, Namhee |
Cornell University Press |
| The Eighth Promise |
Lee, William Poy |
Rodale |
| A History of the Modern Chinese Army |
Li, Xiaobing |
University Press of Kentucky |
| In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India |
Luce, Edward |
Doubleday US |
| The Thorn of Lion City |
Lum, Lucy |
Public Affairs |
| Juki Girls, Good Girls: Gender and Cultural Politics in Sri Lanka’s Global Garment Industry |
Lynch, Caitrin |
Cornell University Press |
| The 100-Mile Diet/Plenty: One Man, One Woman, and a Raucous Year of Eating Locally |
MacKinnon, JB and Alisa Smith |
Random House Canada |
| The Last Days of the Incas |
MacQuarrie, Kim |
Simon & Schuster |
| The China Fantasy: How Our Leaders Explain Away Chinese Repression |
Mann, James |
Penguin Group-Viking |
| The Talented Women of the Zhang Family |
Mann, Susan |
University of California Press |
| Democracy with a Gun: America and the Policy of Force |
Matsuo, Fumio |
Stone Bridge Press |
| The Last Wild Wolves: Ghosts of the Great Bear Rainforest |
McAllister, Ian |
Greystone Books |
| Holding the Bully’s Coat: Canada and the US Empire |
McQuaig, Linda |
Doubleday Canada |
| Karma Sutra: Essays from the Margin |
Menen, Rajendar |
Sage Books |
| The Elephant and the Dragon: The Rise of India and China and What It Means for All of Us |
Meredith, Robyn |
WW Norton |
| Modern East Asia: An Introductory History |
Miller, John H. |
M.E. Sharpe |
| Breaking Trail |
Morimoto, Tom |
Fifth House Ltd |
| Stealing Buddah’s Dinner |
Nguyen, Bich Minh |
Viking |
| Waiting for Daisy: A Tale of Two Continents, Three Religions, Five Infertility Doctors, an Oscar, an Atomic Bomb, a Romantic Night, and One Woman’s Quest to Become a Mother |
Orenstein, Peggy |
Bloomsbury |
| Textures of Struggle: The Emergence of Resistance Among Garment Workers in Thailand |
Pangsapa, Piya |
Cornell University Press |
| Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans |
Pfaelzer, Jean |
Random House |
| American Shaolin: Flying Kicks, Buddhist Monks, and the Legend of Iron Crotch: An Odyssey in the New China |
Polly, Matthew |
Gotham Books (Penguin Group, USA) |
| Failed Diplomacy: The Tragic Story of How North Korea Got the Bomb |
Pritchard, Charles |
Brookings Institution Press |
| Japan Rising: The Resurgence of Japanese Power And Purpose |
Pyle, Kenneth B. |
Public Affairs |
| Think India: The Rise of the World’s Next Superpower and What It Means for Every American |
Rai, Vinay |
Gotham Books (Penguin Group, USA) |
| Stones Witness |
Randall, Margaret |
University of Arizona Press |
| Travels in the East |
Richie, Donald |
Stone Bridge |
| Securing Japan: Tokyo’s Grand Strategy and the Future of East Asia |
Samuels, Richard J. |
Cornell University Press |
| The Astro Boy Essays |
Schodt, Frederik |
Stone Bridge |
| For Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors: The Chinese Tradition of Paper Offerings |
Scott, Janet Lee |
University of Washington Press |
| Under the Dragon: California’s New Culture |
Shavelson, Lonnie and Fred Setterberg |
Heyday Books |
| China: Fragile Superpower |
Shirk, Susan L. |
Oxford University Press |
| When the Huai Flowers Bloom |
Shu Siang Lu |
SUNY Press |
| In the Ruins of Empire: The Japanese Surrender and the Battle for Postwar Asia |
Spector, Ronald |
Random House |
| Return to Dragon Mountain: Memories of a Late Ming Man |
Spence, Jonathan D. |
Penguin Group-Viking |
| Replacing France: The Origins of American Intervention in Vietnam |
Statler, Kathryn C. |
University Press of Kentucky |
| Asian Godfathers: Money and Power in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia |
Studwell, Joe |
Atlantic Monthly Press |
| Rescued by Mao: World War II, Wake Island, and My Remarkable Escape to Freedom Across Mainland China |
Taylor, William |
Leatherwood Press/Silverleaf |
| The High Road to China: George Bogle, the Panchen Lama, and the First British Expedition to Tibet |
Teltscher, Kate |
Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
| The Elephant, the Tiger, and the Cell Phone: Reflections on India, the Emerging 21st-Century Power |
Tharoor, Shashi |
Arcade |
| Brother One Cell: An American Coming of Age in South Korea’s Prisons |
Thomas, Cullen |
Penguin Group-Viking |
| Entrepreneurial States: Reforming Corporate Governance in France, Japan, and Korea |
Tiberghien, Yves |
Cornell University Press |
| Capitalism Without Democracy: The Private Sector in Contemporary China |
Tsai, Kellee S. |
Cornell University Press |
| Coming Home to China |
Tuan, Yi-fu |
University of Minnesota Press |
| Poor People |
Vollmann, William T. |
HarperCollins |
| Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire |
von Tunzelmann, Alex |
Henry Holt, US and McClelland & Stewart, Canada |
| China’s Brave New World—And Other Tales for Global Times |
Wasserstrom, Jeffrey N. |
Indiana University Press |
| The Fragile Edge |
Whitty, Julia |
Houghton Mifflin |
| Beijing Confidential: A Tale of Comrades Lost and Found |
Wong, Jan |
Doubleday Canada |
| Global “Body Shopping” |
Xiang, Biao |
Princeton University Press |
| My Name is Number 4 |
Ye, Ting-xing |
Doubleday Canada |
| Rising Sons: The Japanese American GI’s Who Fought for the United States in WWII |
Yenne, Bill |
St Martin’s Press |
| The Long Partition and the Making of Modern South Asia |
Zaminder, Vazira Fazila-Yacoobali |
Columbia University Press |
