Anne Reinhardt
Anne Reinhardt specializes in the modern history of China. Her first book, Navigating Semi-Colonialism in China, examines Western and Japanese imperialism in China through steamship transport networks, addressing issues of sovereignty, economic development, and social space. Her current book project Cultures of Capitalism in China and India, compares the role of nationalist entrepreneurs in processes of decolonization in mid-twentieth century China and India. She has conducted research for these projects in China, Taiwan, Japan, Britain, and India.
Anne has taught at Williams College since the fall of 2005. Her courses include a two-semester survey of Chinese history (earliest times-present) as well as courses on China since 1949, gender and family, the Mongol Empire, and merchant cultures in China and India.
She holds a Ph.D in history from Princeton University, an M.A. in Asian Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and an A.B. from Harvard University. She grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Research Interests
Modern Chinese social and economic history, imperialism/colonialism, comparative empires, China/India comparisons.
Source: Williams College
