Ghassan Moazzin
@ghassanmoazzin.bsky.social
Historian at the University of Hong Kong | History of Business, Finance and Electricity in Modern China | Book: http://bit.ly/3u8PgDr
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Very happy that my newest article has just appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (@royalhistsoc.bsky.social). In it, I explore the beginnings of the Chinese long-distance telephone network in the early 20th century.
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Very glad that the special issue “The Global Economy and the Origins of Modern Chinese Business”, co-edited by
John D. Wong, Jin-A Kang and myself, is now officially out in Business History as Business History 67, No. 7: tandfonline.com/toc/fbsh20/6...
John D. Wong, Jin-A Kang and myself, is now officially out in Business History as Business History 67, No. 7: tandfonline.com/toc/fbsh20/6...
Business History
Volume 67, Issue 7 of Business History
tandfonline.com
October 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Very glad that the special issue “The Global Economy and the Origins of Modern Chinese Business”, co-edited by
John D. Wong, Jin-A Kang and myself, is now officially out in Business History as Business History 67, No. 7: tandfonline.com/toc/fbsh20/6...
John D. Wong, Jin-A Kang and myself, is now officially out in Business History as Business History 67, No. 7: tandfonline.com/toc/fbsh20/6...
Very happy to see the introduction to the special issue in @businesshistory.bsky.social I co-edited with John D. Wong and Jin-A Kang and Jin-A Kang titled "The Global Economy and the Origins of Modern Chinese Business" published
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/9
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/9
July 14, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Very happy to see the introduction to the special issue in @businesshistory.bsky.social I co-edited with John D. Wong and Jin-A Kang and Jin-A Kang titled "The Global Economy and the Origins of Modern Chinese Business" published
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/9
Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
1/9
Very happy to have signed a contract with @universitypress.cambridge.org for a book tentatively titled "A Business History of Modern China: c. 1800 to the Present". The book will cover the historical evolution of Chinese enterprise over the past two centuries [1/3]
June 26, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Very happy to have signed a contract with @universitypress.cambridge.org for a book tentatively titled "A Business History of Modern China: c. 1800 to the Present". The book will cover the historical evolution of Chinese enterprise over the past two centuries [1/3]
For the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, I spoke to Prof. Xing Hang about his fascinating new book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵: 𝘏𝑎̀ 𝘛𝘪𝑒̂𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢
newbooksnetwork.com/the-port
newbooksnetwork.com/the-port
May 30, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, I spoke to Prof. Xing Hang about his fascinating new book 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵: 𝘏𝑎̀ 𝘛𝘪𝑒̂𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘔𝘰 𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘴𝘪𝘢
newbooksnetwork.com/the-port
newbooksnetwork.com/the-port
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"Book tour" for Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People (due out July 2025), which will mostly involve staring at a laptop, begins with virtual lecture organized by Hong Kong University.
April 29, 2025 9:00-10:00 HKT,April 28, 2025 18:00-19:00 PDT. Registration: hku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 29, 2025 9:00-10:00 HKT,April 28, 2025 18:00-19:00 PDT. Registration: hku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
"Book tour" for Remaking the Earth, Exhausting the People (due out July 2025), which will mostly involve staring at a laptop, begins with virtual lecture organized by Hong Kong University.
April 29, 2025 9:00-10:00 HKT,April 28, 2025 18:00-19:00 PDT. Registration: hku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 29, 2025 9:00-10:00 HKT,April 28, 2025 18:00-19:00 PDT. Registration: hku.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Very happy to receive my contributor's copy in the mail:
*Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives*, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona
Coming out officially at the end of the month
www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
*Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives*, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona
Coming out officially at the end of the month
www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
April 17, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Very happy to receive my contributor's copy in the mail:
*Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives*, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona
Coming out officially at the end of the month
www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
*Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives*, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona
Coming out officially at the end of the month
www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
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We’re pleased to announce the appointment of 32 Fellows for the 2025–26 academic year. These leading scholars will come to the Center from universities and colleges in 13 US states and the District of Columbia as well as Canada and Hong Kong. #humanities
The National Humanities Center Announces 2025–26 Fellows | National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center will appoint 32 Fellows for the 2025–26 academic year. These leading scholars come from universities and colleges in 13 US states and the District of Columbia as well as...
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April 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We’re pleased to announce the appointment of 32 Fellows for the 2025–26 academic year. These leading scholars will come to the Center from universities and colleges in 13 US states and the District of Columbia as well as Canada and Hong Kong. #humanities
Looking forward to this. I will be @natlhumanities.bsky.social during the spring semester 2026
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nationalhumanitiescenter.org/national-hum...
The National Humanities Center Announces 2025–26 Fellows | National Humanities Center
The National Humanities Center will appoint 32 Fellows for the 2025–26 academic year. These leading scholars come from universities and colleges in 13 US states and the District of Columbia as well as...
nationalhumanitiescenter.org
April 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Looking forward to this. I will be @natlhumanities.bsky.social during the spring semester 2026
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/national-hum...
nationalhumanitiescenter.org/national-hum...
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A long time ago, I did research on fishing. Here's a new chapter I wrote that synthesizes work on the topic, along with whaling. (Link should be correct.)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Fishing and Whaling
Fishing and sea-hunting appear to have played a central role in the geographical spread of humans throughout the globe. In some places and times, early fishing activities had a significant impact upo....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 2, 2025 at 5:58 AM
A long time ago, I did research on fishing. Here's a new chapter I wrote that synthesizes work on the topic, along with whaling. (Link should be correct.)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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How was state-building assisted by the creation long-distance telephony in mid-C20th China?
'Incomplete Infrastructure: State-Building and the Early History of China’s Long-Distance Telephone Network, 1900–1937', by Ghassan Moazzin: bit.ly/3WJLC2c Now available, Open Access in 'Transactions' 1/2
'Incomplete Infrastructure: State-Building and the Early History of China’s Long-Distance Telephone Network, 1900–1937', by Ghassan Moazzin: bit.ly/3WJLC2c Now available, Open Access in 'Transactions' 1/2
February 3, 2025 at 11:13 AM
How was state-building assisted by the creation long-distance telephony in mid-C20th China?
'Incomplete Infrastructure: State-Building and the Early History of China’s Long-Distance Telephone Network, 1900–1937', by Ghassan Moazzin: bit.ly/3WJLC2c Now available, Open Access in 'Transactions' 1/2
'Incomplete Infrastructure: State-Building and the Early History of China’s Long-Distance Telephone Network, 1900–1937', by Ghassan Moazzin: bit.ly/3WJLC2c Now available, Open Access in 'Transactions' 1/2
Very happy that my newest article has just appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (@royalhistsoc.bsky.social). In it, I explore the beginnings of the Chinese long-distance telephone network in the early 20th century.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Very happy that my newest article has just appeared in the Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (@royalhistsoc.bsky.social). In it, I explore the beginnings of the Chinese long-distance telephone network in the early 20th century.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Grateful for another review of *Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China*, this time by Li Haoxun in Chinese Studies International: A Scholarly Review Journal
muse.jhu.edu/article/9481...
muse.jhu.edu/article/9481...
December 18, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Grateful for another review of *Foreign Banks and Global Finance in Modern China*, this time by Li Haoxun in Chinese Studies International: A Scholarly Review Journal
muse.jhu.edu/article/9481...
muse.jhu.edu/article/9481...
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China Handbook 1950 - I found a copy of this on ebay, scanned, and posted to IA in three parts. Nearly 800 pages of reference info related to the Republic of China at a very awkward moment. archive.org/details/chin... (tweet archive 2022)
December 5, 2024 at 9:00 PM
China Handbook 1950 - I found a copy of this on ebay, scanned, and posted to IA in three parts. Nearly 800 pages of reference info related to the Republic of China at a very awkward moment. archive.org/details/chin... (tweet archive 2022)
We are very happy to announce the 2025 spring program of the Chinese Business History Webinar at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences
If you would like to receive details and updates about these talks, you can sign up to our email list: www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/news_and_...
If you would like to receive details and updates about these talks, you can sign up to our email list: www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/news_and_...
December 5, 2024 at 12:07 PM
We are very happy to announce the 2025 spring program of the Chinese Business History Webinar at the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences
If you would like to receive details and updates about these talks, you can sign up to our email list: www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/news_and_...
If you would like to receive details and updates about these talks, you can sign up to our email list: www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/news_and_...
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I got around to scanning a fat wartime Chinese ministry of information handbook I found on Ebay packed with nearly 1,000 pages of state statistics & reference material: China Handbook 1937-1943. Uploaded as 5 large PDF files to Internet Archive: archive.org/details/chin... (tweet archive 2022)
December 4, 2024 at 9:00 PM
I got around to scanning a fat wartime Chinese ministry of information handbook I found on Ebay packed with nearly 1,000 pages of state statistics & reference material: China Handbook 1937-1943. Uploaded as 5 large PDF files to Internet Archive: archive.org/details/chin... (tweet archive 2022)
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Amazon (US) has already made my book available.
Please buy it ($34.99), regardless of whether you plan to read it or not.
Please buy it ($34.99), regardless of whether you plan to read it or not.
My book, “Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism,” finally has a confirmed publication date—December 5, 2024. You can order it via Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China)
Amazon.com: Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China): 9781009382267: Hirata, Koji: Books
www.amazon.com
December 5, 2024 at 2:52 AM
Amazon (US) has already made my book available.
Please buy it ($34.99), regardless of whether you plan to read it or not.
Please buy it ($34.99), regardless of whether you plan to read it or not.
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My new book, JAPAN AT WAR, 1914-1952, is available for pre-order. It is a political history that highlights the centrality of war to the Japanese experience between World War I and World War II.
www.routledge.com/Japan-at-War...
There is currently a 25% off discount at Routledge!
www.routledge.com/Japan-at-War...
There is currently a 25% off discount at Routledge!
Japan at War, 1914–1952
Japan at War, 1914–1952 is a synthetic and interpretive history that highlights the centrality of war to the modern Japanese experience.
The author argues that war was central to Japanese life in this...
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December 5, 2024 at 5:57 AM
My new book, JAPAN AT WAR, 1914-1952, is available for pre-order. It is a political history that highlights the centrality of war to the Japanese experience between World War I and World War II.
www.routledge.com/Japan-at-War...
There is currently a 25% off discount at Routledge!
www.routledge.com/Japan-at-War...
There is currently a 25% off discount at Routledge!
Looking forward to this:
*Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives*, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona
www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
*Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives*, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona
www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
December 4, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Looking forward to this:
*Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives*, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona
www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
*Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives*, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid and Robert Fredona
www.routledge.com/Climate-Chan...
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On the official birthday of my book (US time), I will give an online book talk at HKU. Thank you so much, HKU, for making this happen.
Dec 6, 2024 | 09:00 HKT.
More Info: hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
Dec 6, 2024 | 09:00 HKT.
More Info: hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
December 4, 2024 at 6:40 AM
On the official birthday of my book (US time), I will give an online book talk at HKU. Thank you so much, HKU, for making this happen.
Dec 6, 2024 | 09:00 HKT.
More Info: hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
Dec 6, 2024 | 09:00 HKT.
More Info: hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
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I made a list of all the economic historians on the economics job market! Help me update the list by tagging those I've missed.
The #econhist class of 24/25
Examining how war, migration, trade, policy, education and innovation shaped economies and societies over time
www.ourlongwalk.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:28 AM
I made a list of all the economic historians on the economics job market! Help me update the list by tagging those I've missed.
Many congratulations to @khirata.bsky.social!
And we are lucky to have him speak on his book right away at the Chinese Business History Webinar
www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
And we are lucky to have him speak on his book right away at the Chinese Business History Webinar
www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
November 28, 2024 at 4:54 AM
Many congratulations to @khirata.bsky.social!
And we are lucky to have him speak on his book right away at the Chinese Business History Webinar
www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
And we are lucky to have him speak on his book right away at the Chinese Business History Webinar
www.hkihss.hku.hk/en/events/ch...
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My book, “Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism,” finally has a confirmed publication date—December 5, 2024. You can order it via Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China)
Amazon.com: Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism (Cambridge Studies in the History of the People's Republic of China): 9781009382267: Hirata, Koji: Books
www.amazon.com
November 26, 2024 at 11:57 PM
My book, “Making Mao's Steelworks: Industrial Manchuria and the Transnational Origins of Chinese Socialism,” finally has a confirmed publication date—December 5, 2024. You can order it via Amazon.
www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
www.amazon.com/Making-Maos-...
This looks very interesting:
Paloma Fernández Pérez, ed. Global Family Capitalism: A Business History Perspective
Has a chapter on China by Carles Brasó Broggi and Yuan Jia-Zheng that looks very promising
www.routledge.com/Global-Famil...
Paloma Fernández Pérez, ed. Global Family Capitalism: A Business History Perspective
Has a chapter on China by Carles Brasó Broggi and Yuan Jia-Zheng that looks very promising
www.routledge.com/Global-Famil...
November 27, 2024 at 1:03 PM
This looks very interesting:
Paloma Fernández Pérez, ed. Global Family Capitalism: A Business History Perspective
Has a chapter on China by Carles Brasó Broggi and Yuan Jia-Zheng that looks very promising
www.routledge.com/Global-Famil...
Paloma Fernández Pérez, ed. Global Family Capitalism: A Business History Perspective
Has a chapter on China by Carles Brasó Broggi and Yuan Jia-Zheng that looks very promising
www.routledge.com/Global-Famil...
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What better way to inaugurate Enterprise and Society's brand new Bluesky account than with Sharon Murphy's superb 2024 @businesshistoryc.bsky.social Presidential Address, presented here Open Access.
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Doing Business in the Public Interest | Enterprise & Society | Cambridge Core
Doing Business in the Public Interest
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November 26, 2024 at 7:03 AM
What better way to inaugurate Enterprise and Society's brand new Bluesky account than with Sharon Murphy's superb 2024 @businesshistoryc.bsky.social Presidential Address, presented here Open Access.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...