Features

THE US FOUNDERS AND CHINA: The Origins of Chinese Cultural Influence on the United States by Dave Wang

THE ASIAN SOUL OF TRANSCENDENTALISM by Todd Lewis and Kent Bicknell

AMBASSADORS OF EXCHANGE: The 1860 Japanese Mission to the US by Benita Stambler

AMERICAN AND EUROPEAN MISSIONARIES IN EAST ASIA. An Interview with Professor Donald Clark

DEAN WORCESTER’S PHOTOGRAPHS AND AMERICAN PERCEPTIONS OF THE PHILIPPINES by Mark Rice

AMERICA AND THE PHILIPPINES: Modern Civilization and City Planning by Ian Morley

AMERICAN INFLUENCES ON SUN YATSEN by David B. Gordon

BACK IN TIME Pictures Worth More than 1,000 Words by Guven Peter Witteveen

SPHERES OF TRANSACTION IN THAI BUDDHISM by Timothy D. Hoare

ASIA’S TURTLE CRISIS AND CONSERVATION: Environmental Education and Cultural Geography by Bradley R. Reynolds and Thomas P. Wilson

Online Supplement

Why Japan Matters: Essays from Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Award Winners:
Leslie Birkland, Sharon Corologos, John Frank, Sandra Garcia, Vicki Gonterman, Jessica Haxhi,
Barbara Horowitz, Sachiko Murphy, Masayo Nakamura, Michelle Pearson, Adam Podell,
Mimiya Worland, Fumiko Ziemer

BOOK REVIEW: A History of Thailand. Reviewed by Timothy D. Hoare

BOOK REVIEW: Understanding Contemporary India, 2nd Edition. Reviewed by Christopher L. Shaw

Web Resources

Web Gleanings: US, Asia, and the World: 1620–1914, by Judith S. Ames

EAA Interview

Teaching Asia—Exploring Online Curriculum with Catherine Higbee Ishida.
Interview by Linda S. Wojtan

Essays

Why Japan Matters: Celebrating Ten Years of Elgin Heinz Outstanding Teacher Awards
by Patience Berkman, Norman Masuda, Alejandro Echevarria, Masumi Reade, and Patricia Burleson

Elgin Heinz Winners Teaching Ideas

Advice to Students Choosing a Foreign Language: Go Asian by John F. Copper

Book Reviews

The Silk Road in World History. Reviewed by James A. Anderson

China in World History. Reviewed by Karl R. Neumann

Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, and Language. Reviewed by Emily Gammon

Modern Japan: A Historical Survey. Reviewed by Jason Morgan

India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation? Reviewed by Thomas Lamont

Dharma. Reviewed by Catherine Benton

Film Review

The Creation of Portland’s Classical Chinese Garden. Reviewed by Margaret H. Lonzetta