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East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 

Volume 13 Number 3 September 2019

Editor’s Note
Wen-Hua Kuo

Welcome to Our Editorial Board Members
Wen-Hua Kuo

ARTICLES
Less Reproduction, More Production: Birth Control in the Early People’s Republic of China, 1949–1958
Sarah Mellors

From Sonic Models to Sonic Hooligans: Magnetic Tape and the Unraveling of the Mao-Era Sound Regime, 1958–1983
Chuan Xu 

Layer upon Layer: Mao-Era History and the Construction of China’s Agricultural Heritage
Sigrid Schmalzer

Commentary: New Directions in the Study of PRC-Era Science
Arunabh Ghosh

REVIEW ARTICLE
Practice and the History of Science in the PRC: A Historiographic Reflection
Jia-Chen Fu

ESSAY
Informal Histories of STS in East Asia
“Dear Pinchy . . . ” Remarks on Trevor Pinch’s Bernal Prize
Chia-Ling Wu

NEWS AND EVENTS

BOOK REVIEWS
Wade Shepard, Ghost Cities of China: The Story of Cities without People in the World’s Most Populated Country
Shih-Yang Kao

Tao Xu 徐涛, Zisingche yu jindai Zhongguo 自行车与近代中国 [Bicycles and Modern China]
Valentina Fava, The Socialist People’s Car: Automobiles, Shortages, and Consent in the Czechoslovak Road to Mass Production
Zhihui Zhang

Takehiko Hashimoto, ed. 橋本毅彥編, Anzen kijun wa dono yo¯ ni deki te ki ta ka 安全基準はどのようにできてきたか [How Have Safety Standards Been Constructed?]
Atsuo Kishimoto

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