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name: J. Megan Greene
about: Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Department of History, and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies.Professor Greene's field of study is the history of the Republic of China under the KMT both in China and on Taiwan. Specific research interests include nation and state-building projects in the areas of science, the economy, academia, and ideology. She is currently working on a project on scientific and technical modernization in inland China during the Sino-Japanese war.She is the author of The Origins of the Developmental State in Taiwan: Science Policy and the Quest for Modernization (Harvard University Press, 2008), a study of industrial science policy in China and Taiwan under the KMT. She co-edited with Robert Ash Associate Professor at the University of Kansas Department of History, and Director of the Center for East Asian Studies.Professor Greene's field of study is the history of the Republic of China under the KMT both in China and on Taiwan. Specific research interests include nation and state-building projects in the areas of science, the economy, academia, and ideology. She is currently working on a project on scientific and technical modernization in inland China during the Sino-Japanese war.She is the author of The Origins of the Developmental State in Taiwan: Science Policy and the Quest for Modernization (Harvard University Press, 2008), a study of industrial science policy in China and Taiwan under the KMT. She co-edited with Robert Ash of Taiwan in the 21st Century: Aspects and limitations of a development model (Routledge, 2007) that examines the extent to which Taiwan can serve as a development model for other states. She also collaborated with William Bowman and Frank Chiteji on the reader Imperialism in the Modern World: Sources and Interpretations (Prentice Hall, 2006). ...more