The seven essays that comprise this volume address the actual processes by which a discreet number of terms in modern Chinese and Japanese came into being, how they outdistanced all competitors, and the persons and texts involved in the process.

Joshua A. Fogel, Ph.D. (1980), Columbia University, is Canada Research Chair and Professor of History at York University in Toronto. He has published over 50 books (monographs, edited volumes, and translations).