Cathy A. Frierson. Peasant Icons: Representations of Rural People in Late 19th Century Russia. New York: Oxford University Press, 1993. x, 248 pp. $17.95/$35.00.
This useful textbook provides an overview of US–China relations between the late 19th century and the beginning of the 21st. It gives a clear chronology of events and covers the main events and issues in the relationship. It also embeds the description of these events and issues in the larger international and domestic contexts, allowing it to mesh easily with other textbooks that focus either on China's foreign relations in general or on its domestic developments.
Derek B. Scott, Sounds of the Metropolis: The 19th Century Popular Music in London, Paris, New York and Vienna, Oxford University Press, Oxford 2008, 293 pp.