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Happy pub day to Xu Guoqi’s THE IDEA OF CHINA, a cutting, personal analysis of what “China” means to whom, w/ important insights on the questions or Hong Kong & Taiwan. “Very few historians, if any, come close to the insights Xu Guoqi has on China.” —Odd Arne Westad 📸 at AAS.

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“Available for the first time in a stand-alone volume, the classic essay that envisions liberalism not as the triumphant endpoint of political progress, or even a cohesive ideology, but rather as a precarious guardrail against abuses of power.” hup.harvard.edu/books/97806743…

Vancouver, we are ready for you. Come stop by our booth and take advantage of prices that can’t be beat @AASAsianStudies #AAS2026 (discount online for those watching from home: hup.harvard.edu/asian-studies?…)

A must. hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

The five best books for understanding the Trump administration's neocolonial impulses according to Daniel Immerwahr, author of How to Hide an Empire: (bloomberg.com/news/features/…)

@daniel_dsj2110 @LedgerLomasM It very much does! Watch this space…

@LedgerLomasM i think Guilhot's book discusses the relationship between liberal elites and accusations of conspiracy.

Another intellectual history of conspiracy theory--which I assume will pair well with Nicolas Guilhot's forthcoming book on the subject: "The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory" by Andrew McKenzie-McHarg Tracing the genealogy of conspiracy theory, from Machiavelli through the “paranoid style” to QAnon: press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

Hitting the bookstores in eight months… a.co/d/09ec40tW

In literary Toronto for #MLA26 — stop by the @Harvard_Press booth if you’re here, and for those watching from home, take advantage of the 40% conference discount on all these tremendous books here: hup.harvard.edu/mla

NEW: The best books about China of 2025, as recommended by Chinese modern history specialist Jeffrey Wasserstrom: fivebooks.com/best-books/the…

Today @Harvard_Press publishes a book, PĀNINI’S PERFECT RULE, that is definitionally once-in-a-lifetime but perhaps more accurately (for linguists) world-historical. It belongs in the library of all lovers of language. hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742… Congratulations, @RishiRajpopat!🎂

Officially out in paperback on this fine Tuesday for American politics. hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

Love to see a @Harvard_Press book while windowshopping on Saturday hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…

In an era marked by escalating inequality and the resurgence of reactionary politics, "progress" is far from certain. Our book of the week insists on salvaging progress as a concept tied to real emancipatory potential. By Rahel Jaeggi on @Harvard_Press buff.ly/9Z92oFx

Smuggled some new books into Canada for #APSA2025 no HUP booth this year but looking forward to seeing many of you on the streets of Vancouver 🦅🇨🇦🌊

We truly cannot wait to publish this one.

Introducing the 2025 #CundillHistoryPrize shortlist! ✨ From activism for women’s rights to the lives of Soviet dissidents, from the struggle for liberation in Korea and Haiti to a sixteenth century peasants’ revolt that shook Europe. Find out more here: cundillprize.com

New review just published online in the Marx and Philosophy Review of Books: Leon Switala on Rahel Jaeggi's Progress and Regression marxandphilosophy.org.uk/reviews/22197_…

Ching Kwan Lee, FOREVER HONG KONG: A Global City’s Decolonization Struggle out today! "Based on years of first-hand research, written with verve and clarity, this is an indispensable analysis of what truly was the revolution of our times” @iandenisjohnson hup.harvard.edu/books/97806742…