Richard J SmithRichard J. Smith is George and Nancy Rupp Professor of Humanities emeritus, a Baker Institute Scholar, and a Research Professor at the Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University. He holds a PhD from the University of California, Davis, and has pulished nine single-authored books-the most recent of which is The Qing Dynasty and Traditional Chinese Culture. He has also coedited or coauthored six volumes-the most recent of which (coedited with Nanxiu Qian and Grace Fong) is Different Worlds of Discourse: Transformations of Gender and Genre in Late Qing and Early Republican China. Read More Read Less