Contents

Articles

Madman and Sage: The “Two Toms Paradox” of the American Revolution/Xing Chengji

Japan’s Conception of the East Asian Order during the Edo Period and Its Implications/Huang Ying

The Self-Government of Greek Cities and the Local Administration of Parthian Empire/Shao Dalu

Under the Mask of Honours: How Athens Handled the Debt-Issue with the Bosporan Kings/Liu Shumeng 

Pathfi nder

Xu Minglong’s Academic Contributions to Studies of French History in China/Huang Yanhong

Conference

A Review of the 9th Conference of The Latin American Studies Council of Asia and Oceania/Zhang Song (97)

Book Reviews

Yuan Zujie, The Farmers’ Situation during Industrialization in the United States/Hou Shen

Wang Tiezheng etc., General History of the Arab Countries in Africa/Zhang Qianhong 

Matthew Restall and Kris Lane, Latin America in Colonial Times (Second Edition)/Li Yin

Wen Jing, The Iconography of Family Members in Egypt’s Elite Tombs of the Old Kingdom/Zhang Youran