561. Jennifer Milam Cites Dr. Dave Wang's Article

 

In her recent published book, edited by Petra ten-Doesschate Chu and Head, School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne, Jennifer Milam cites Dr. Dave Wang's article,   “Thomas Jefferson’s Incorporating Positive Elements from Chinese Civilization.” Virginia Review of Asian Studies 145 ( 2012 ): 143 – 157 .  

The Book titled, Beyond Chinoiserie, published on October 16, 2018.

 

560. The Routledge Companion to Transnational American Studies Recommends Dr. Dave Wang's Works

The Routledge Companion to Transnational American Studies will be published on April 24, 2019, recommends Dr. Dave Wang's publications on Confucian influence on the early history of the Unite States. The Companion aims to provide those who are interested in American Studies with "theoretical and applied essays that help to define Transnational American Studies as a discipline and practice" . With this post, I show you the snapshot of the page that my works are cited and recommended below. In the mean time, I give you brief introduction to the three editors of this great book. Nina Morgan,  Afred Hornung and Takayuki Tatsumi. Dr. Morgan is the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Transnational  American Studies (Stanford University) and a professor and founder of the American Studies program, at Kennesaw State University.  Afred Hornung is Director of the Obama Institute for Transnational American Studies and Research Professor of English and American Studies at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany.Takayuki Tatsumi is Professor of American Literature and Critical Theory at Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. He has served as President of The American Literature Society of Japan and The Poe Society of Japan, in addition to serving as Vice President of the Melville Society of Japan.

 

 

 

 

559. Three Recent Academic Books Cite Dr. Dave Wang's Articles



 

Dr. Dave Wang's academic papers on the founding fathers efforts to borrow from Chinese civilization in the era when the United States was established have been widely cited by top scholars in recent years. With this post I will introduce you three great books that cite Dr. Dave Wang's work. You can tell that those three books were published in the period from 2016 to 2018.

 

 

 

558. The Empress of China Sailed to China on February 22, 1784

Embodying Americans' hope to break through the British blockade and revitalize the depressed postwar economy, the Empress of China, the first American commercial ship after its independence, left New York for Canton (Guangzhou), China, on February 22, 1784. Before the Empress of China left the East River Harbor of New York, George Washington duly signed the sea letter, guiding the purpose of the Empress of China's voyage.

There was a great deal of uncertainty in the newly founded country. After the war for independence was over, the nation's fiscal system was on the brink of chaos. Many small farmers, the broad base of the new nation, were being thrown into jail for debt and many others were forced to lose their farms. The Congress, established under the Articles of Confederation, was attempting to bring order out of the turmoil. In Massachusetts, an agrarian revolt spread quickly.

In the meantime, Britain, which lost the war militarily, was seeking to defeat the Americans economically. It strengthened its economic pressure on individual states to compel them, one by one, to return to "Mother England". Britain closed all traditional trade partners to the new nation, and American merchants could no longer trade with Spain, Africa and West Indies. In the aftermath of the victory of the American revolutionary war, France, Holland and other European countries were willing to use the US as their market, but not anxious to take American wares in exchange.

Given the situation, commerce became "the lifeblood of America's recovery from its economic slump". New trade partners had to be discovered, new trade routes had to be opened and new connections had to be established. Otherwise, political independence wouldn't last long. It was in this critical situation that the first American voyage to China started.

557. Benjamin Franklin Published Confucius' Work in 1737

Probably, Benjamin Franklin was the first founding father, who published Confucian work in 1737.  I will show my readers the picture of his publication of Confucius work below. His publication of Confucius work helped spread Confucian moral philosophy in North American colonies. It also laid foundation for the Confucius' fever among the main founders of the United States  in the eve of the American Revolution.

556. Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus Cites Dr. Dave Wang's Work

 

In Thomas Jefferson: A Modern Prometheus, Dr. Wilson Jeremiah Moses studies the Jeffersonian influence. It is well known that Jefferson's legacy is a field that scholars have long debated on.  In this new book, Dr. Moses provides his readers with "vigorous and insightful commentary" on Jefferson. I have no desire to make any comments on his assessment on Jefferson, but reveal the fact that Dr. Moses cites Dr. Dave Wang's article, Ideas From the East: The Founding Fathers and Chinese Wisdom.

 

From Dr. Dave Wang's academic publications we have found that Jefferson borrowed from Chinese civilization in his efforts to build a new nation out of British colonies in North America during the founding years of the United States. I am sure that my readers have learned that the efforts to learn from Chinese civilization and use its positive elements was also found in other founding fathers like George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.

 

555. Four Nations and Three Continents:worldwide Attention to Dr. Wang's Research

With the snapshot below I will show you that Dr. Dave Wang's study of Chinese cultural influence on the founding fathers of the United States has earned worldwide attention.
The item is that Valparaiso University invited Dr. Dave Wang to deliver speech on Chinese cultural impact on Benjamin Franklin in November  2009.  The Second is that a Korea scholar in 2017 cited Dr. Dave Wang's paper on Confucius and Benjamin Franklin. The third is that Association for Asian Studies, Magazine, Education About Asia, volume 16, no. 2, 2011 published Dr. Dave Wang's article, The US Founders and China. The fourth shows that the Italia National Center for American Studies invited Dr. Dave Wang to deliver his speech on Franklin's efforts to use Confucius moral philosophy to improve his virtue. This was in October 2006. The fifth is that Japanese magazine published Dr. Dave Wang's article, From Confucius to  the Great Wall of China: Chinese Cultural Influence on Colonial North America. The last one tells that a book, titled Power and Restraint: A Shared Vision for the US China Relations cited Dr. Dave Wang' s paper, Benjamin Franklin and China. It has included three continents, Asia, Europe and  North America and four countries, including, the United States, South Korea, Italy and Japan.