Tobita Chow Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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@128_collective | cofounder @JusticeIsGlobal | progressive politics, climate, global justice, US-China | opinions my own | he/him
The Scientist and the Spy: A True Story of China, the Fbi, and Industrial Espionage
Mara HvistendahlTobita ChowMara Hvistendahl, _The scientist and the spy: a true story of China, the FBI, and industrial espionage_ Industrial espionage was reinvented as a "national security" issue (rather than a problem for private firms) only in the 90s. Big win for corporate power. Also, racism!
Paperback, 2021
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Testimony
Peter LazareTobita ChowBooks finished in 2021 Fiction: Pachinko, @minjinlee11 The Ministry of the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson Land of Big Numbers, @tepingchen Invisible Planets, edited and translated by Ken Liu Waste Tide, @ChenQiufan Testimony, Peter Lazare and @sarahlazare
Paperback, 2021
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Planet of Slums
Mike DavisTobita ChowClimate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal, Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin The Properties of Perpetual Light, @julian_aguon Escape from Freedom, Erich Fromm All American Nativism, @DanielDenvir Planet of Slums, Mike Davis
Paperback, 2017
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China Panic
David BrophyTobita ChowThere are many more books I want to get to but haven't yet. Some on that list: Isabella Weber, _How China escaped shock therapy_ Chuang, _Social contagion_ David Brophy, _China panic_ Darren Byler, _Terror capitalism_ Yuen Yuen Ang, _China's Gilded Age_
Paperback, 2021
$26.47$13.23 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Striking to Survive: Workers' Resistance to Factory Relocations in China
Fan ShigangTobita ChowFan Shigang, _Striking to survive: workers' resistance to factory relocations in China_ As in the US, workers in China have confronted factory closures and relocations at a massive scale. This collects stories of workers in Walmart and Uniqlo supply chains who fought back
Paperback, 2018
$16.95$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule the World
Ho-Fung HungTobita ChowOK, my short list of the books about China that I have found most helpful Ho-fung Hung, _The China Boom: Why China Will Not Rule The World_ Succinct structural analysis of China's political economy and history, in global context. Especially recommend Chapter 3 on 1980-2008 https://t.co/ajjutuoq59
Paperback, 2017
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The Global City: New York, London, Tokyo
Saskia SassenTobita Chow@DanielDenvir Saskia Sassen's _The Global City_, I think especially chapter 9
Paperback, 2001
$44.00$22.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Waste Tide
Chen QiufanTobita Chow@sophiepinkhmmm One I read recently is Waste Tide, by Chen Qiufan. As I recall the English translation translates the Mandarin into English and uses a lot of transliteration and footnotes for the Shantou “dialect”
Paperback, 2020
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Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che
Max ElbaumTobita Chow@ZeeshanAleem @nikhil_palsingh @jwdwerner The relevant bits of Max Elbaum, Revolution in the Air
Paperback, 2018
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate
Isabella M. WeberTobita ChowThere are many more books I want to get to but haven't yet. Some on that list: Isabella Weber, _How China escaped shock therapy_ Chuang, _Social contagion_ David Brophy, _China panic_ Darren Byler, _Terror capitalism_ Yuen Yuen Ang, _China's Gilded Age_
Paperback, 2021
$45.99$23.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book