Madeleine Zelin

Critique of Scholarship on Chinese Business in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan

Professor Kwans and Professor Lins articles on business history in the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan, published in this issue, are meticulously researched historiographic essays; these two pieces provide a much needed road map to the diverse scholarship on Chinese business now being produced in Chinese. At the same time, both provide an impressive glimpse at the role of political and economic change in the transformation of analytical frameworks.

New Narratives of Urban Space in Republican Chinese Cities

New Narratives of Urban Space in Republican Chinese Cities offers nine empirical studies to examine the social, legal and governance dimensions of the great urban transformation in Republican China pertaining to the cultural realm of the urban space.

C. Martin Wilbur May 13, 1908—June 18, 1997

C. Martin Wilbur, George Sansom Professor Emeritus of Chinese History at Columbia University, died in Haverford, Pennsylvania, on June 18, 1997. For more than half a century Wilbur played a major role in shaping our understanding of twentieth-century China, through his writings, as a mentor to younger scholars, and as a steadfast friend and colleague. He continued in all these roles until leukemia claimed him at eighty-nine.