 The first, Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, was inaugurated in 1962 to bring to public attention the results of significant new research on modern and contemporary East Asia.The books in this series are published by academic and trade presses and represent scholars of East Asia from around the world.The second series, Weatherhead Books on Asia, is published by Columbia University Press and comprises high quality translations of works in Asian languages for scholars, students, and the interested general reader.