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The book "Social Contagion and Microbiological Class War in China" by Chuang provides a comprehensive analysis of the origins of COVID-19 in China and the responses to the pandemic by the state and ordinary citizens. It challenges narratives that blame China's culture or governance for the emergence and spread of the virus, instead arguing that it is a result of the commodification of nature in China and the globalization of advanced capitalism. The book also examines the social and political dynamics in China during the pandemic and the implications for governance structures and social struggle. It is a valuable resource for understanding the complexities of the pandemic in China and its impact on one of the world's largest peasant societies. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the books "In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis," by Li Zhang and "Marginalization in Urban China: Comparative Perspectives," edited by Fulong Wu and Chris Webster.

The article reviews the book "Privatizing China: Socialism From Afar," by Li Zhang and Aihwa Ong.

By Li Zhang. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2020. [Extracted from the article]

The article reviews the book "Consumption and Social Change in a Post-Soviet Middle Class," Jennifer Patico.

The article reviews the book "Governing China's Population: From Leninist to Neoliberal Biopolitics," by Susan Greenhalgh and Edwin A. Winckler.

The article reviews the book "In Search of Paradise. Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis," by Li Zhang.

The article reviews the book "In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis," by Li Zhang.

The article reviews the book "Privatizing China: Socialism From Afar," edited by Li Zhang and Aihwa Ong.

Perhaps the extensive literature on the links among psychology, class politics, and economic productivity worldwide led Zhang to prioritize alternative directions in the limited space of the book. Yang conceptualized psychology in China largely through the prism of disenfranchised groups that are subject to state interventions that stifle dissent, whereas Zhang's account is far less gloomy. Zhang could have avoided confusion by further contextualizing the political and sociological factors that play a role in psychology's enculturation. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews the book "Private Life Under Socialism: Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village, 1949-1999," by Yunxiang Yan.

Reviews the book "The Ethics of Librarianship: An International Survey," edited by Robert W. Vaagan.

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In Yang's view, the popularity of psychology in Chinese society has become an inexorable symbol of the state's continuous authoritarian rule in a less direct yet more omnipotent form. Situating the issue in the nation's structural transformation, Yang contended that the mental health crisis has become deeply entangled with the market and state while the process of managing the crisis has further enabled the state to integrate psychology into its governance. [Extracted from the article]

Reviews five books. "Localities at the Center: Native Place, Space, and Power in Late Imperial Beijing," by Richard Belsky; "Republican Beijing: The City and Its Histories," by Madeleine Yue Dong; "Beijing: From Imperial City to Olympic City," by Lillian M. Li, Alison J. Dray-Novey and Haili Kong; "Remaking Beijing: Tiananmen Square and the Creation of a Political Space," by Wu Hung; "Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks within China's Floating Population," by Li Zhang.

The article reviews several books about the Chinese society including "Private Life under Socialism: Love, Intimacy, and Family Change in a Chinese Village 1949-1999," by Yunxiang Yan, "Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks within China's Floating Population," by Li Zhang and "Popular China: Unofficial Culture in a Globalizing Society," edited by Perry Link, Richard P. Madsen and Paul G. Pickowicz.

Reviews the book 'Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks Within China's Floating Population,' by Li Zhang.

We have studied the effect of A-site cation substitutions in sodium bismuth titanate on the structural parameters, microstructure, and dielectric and ferroelectric properties of [(Na0.5Bi0.5)1 –xAx]TiO3 (A = La3+, x = 0–0.1) ceramics, including those modified with KCl additions. The samples have been shown to undergo phase transitions, which show up as anomalies in dielectric permittivity near ~400 K and peaks at ~600 K. The phase transitions near 400 K exhibit well-defined relaxor behavior, indicative of the presence of polar regions in a nonpolar matrix, as supported by laser second harmonic generation measurements. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A review of the book "In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis," by Li Zhang is presented.

A review of the book "In Search of Paradise: Middle-Class Living in a Chinese Metropolis," by Li Zhang is presented.

State authority and how car owners emulate it, orient to it, or yield to it is a central part of the growing middle-class automotive regime. In both chapters, middle-class people acquiesce to and emulate state authority amidst the rise of the automotive regime. Zhang describes the transition from distributing publicly owned cars to various types of government leaders in a planned economy to personal purchases through dealerships and chronicles a dynamic period when a large number of aspiring purchasers became the first generation of private car owners, quickly normalizing what she refers to as the "automotive regime" (191). [Extracted from the article]

A review of the book "Privatizing China: Socialism From Afar," edited by Li Zhang and Aihwa Ong, is presented.

The article reviews the book "Centers for Learning: Writing Centers and Libraries," edited by James K. Elmborg and Sheril Hook.

Reviews the book "Leadership and Management Principles in Libraries in Developing Countries," edited by Wei Wei, Sue O'Neill Johnson and Sylvia E.A. Piggott.

Reviews the book 'Cities and Citizenship,' edited by James Holston.

Reviews the book `How Library and Information Science Research Literature Describes Librarians: A Synthesis of Selected 1985-1995 Articles,' by Rebecca Watson-Boone.

Reviews the book "On the Move: Women in Rural-to-Urban Migration in Contemporary China," edited by Arianne M. Gaetano and Tamara Jacka.

Reviews the book 'Strangers in the City: Reconfigurations of Space, Power, and Social Networks Within China's Floating Population,' by Li Zhang.