Books by Wang Gungwu

: A Bibliography
王赓武教授著作目录

This bibliography comprises mainly books written or edited by

Professor Wang Gungwu. The titles are arranged in chronological
order within each section. Unless otherwise indicated, all listed
books with an accompanying call number are available at the
Wang Gungwu Library at Chinese Heritage Centre or in NTU
libraries. Some titles that are not available in our libraries can be
found in National University of Singapore (NUS) Libraries.

Compiled by Ruan Yang, Senior Librarian (Chinese Studies)

Nanyang Technological University Library
&
Luo Biming, Librarian (Wang Gungwu Library)
Chinese Heritage Centre
September 2010

Nanyang Technological University Library.

2010
Books in English 英文专著

Pulse (a collection of poems). Singapore: B. Lim, 1950. Call No. PL5149

Wgw.P in NUS

Chinese reformists and revolutionaries in the Straits Settlements,

1900-1911. Singapore: Department of History, University of Malaya,
1953. Call No. DS596 Wan in NUS

The Nanhai trade: a study of the early history of Chinese trade in the
South China Sea. Thesis (M.A.), Department of History, University of
Malaya, 1956. Call No. HF408 Wan in NUS

A short history of the Nanyang Chinese. Singapore: Eastern Universities

Press, 1959. Call No. DS509.5.W246S

Latar Belakang Kebudayaan Pendudok di-Tanah Melayu: Bahagian

Kebudayaan China = The Cultural Background of the Peoples of
Malaysia: Chinese Culture. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka,
1962.

The structure of power in North China during the Five Dynasties. Kuala
Lumpur: University of Malaya Press, 1963. Call No. DS749.5.W246S

Report of the Nanyang University Review Committee. Singapore:

Nanyang University, 1965. Call No. LA1239.5.S617

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The use of history. [Athens]: Ohio University, Center for International
Studies, 1968. Call No. 901W184 in NUS

The fall of the Manchu dynasty and the rise of Chinese republicanism.
Sydney: Sydney University History Club and University-Secondary
Schools History Society, 1970. Call No. DS771.W246

Malaysia: contending elites. Sydney: Dept. of Adult Education,

University of Sydney, 1970. Call No. DS596.7 Wan in NUS

Scholarship and the history and politics of South East Asia. [Bedford
Park, S. A.]: Flinders University of South Australia, School of Social
Sciences, 1970. Call No. DS501 Fas 1 in NUS

The re-emergence of China: a paper read to the University of Otago

Extension Foreign Policy School May 1973. Wellington: New Zealand
Institute of International Affairs, 1973. Call No. 951.05W184 in NUS

The middle Yangtse in T'ang politics. [New Haven]: Yale University

Press, 1973. Call No. 951.017W184 in NUS

The Chinese minority in Southeast Asia. [Singapore]: Nanyang

University Southeast Asian Studies Programme, 1974. Call No.
DS509.5.C5W246C

The rebel-reformer and modern Chinese biography. [Sydney]: Sydney

University Press for the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1974.
Call No. CT21.W246

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China and the world since 1949: the impact of independence,
modernity and revolution. London: Macmillan, 1977. (Translated into
Spanish, Mexico City, 1979.) Call No. DS777.55.W246C

Power, rights and duties in Chinese history. The 40th George Ernest
Morrison Lecture in Ethnology 1979. Canberra: The Australian National
University, 1980. (Also published in Australian Journal of Chinese
Affairs, no.3, 1980.)

Community and nation: essays on Southeast Asia and the Chinese,

selected by Anthony Reid. Singapore: Published for Asian Studies
Association of Australia by Heinemann Educational Books, 1981. Call
No. DS523.4.C45W246E

Southeast Asian studies in China: a report. Canberra: Research School

of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1981. Call No.
DS524.8 Chi.So in NUS

The Chinese intellectual: past and present. Singapore: Graham Brash

Published for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National
University of Singapore, 1983. Call No. DS721.W246P

The China-Japan Relationship: Implications for Australia. Sydney:

Centre of Asian Studies, University of Sydney, 1985. 12 pages. (Also
published in Hong Kong and Japan: Growing Cultural and economic
Interactions, 1845-1987, edited by Yue-him Tam. Hong Kong: The
Japan Society.)

Trade and cultural values: Australia and the four dragons. Sydney:
Asian Studies Association of Australia, 1988. Call No. DS32.8 Cias 1 in
NUS
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The Culture of Chinese Merchants. Toronto: Toronto & York University
Joint Centre for Asia Pacific Studies, (Working Paper Series No.57),
1989.

China and the Chinese overseas. Singapore: Times Academic Press,

1991. Call No. DS509.5.W246

The Chineseness of China: selected essays. Hong Kong, New York:

Oxford University Press, 1991. Call No. DS721.W246

Perubahan identitas orang Cina di Asia Tenggara, by di sunting oleh

Jennifer Cushman and Wang Gungwu. Jakarta: Pustaka Utama Grafiti,
1991. Call No. DS523.4.C45P471

Community and Nation: China, Southeast Asia and Australia. New

South Wales: Allen & Unwin, 1992. Call No. DS523.4.C45W246A

Hong Kong as the home of China coast Chinese: an historical

perspective. Hong Kong: The University of Hong Kong, 1994. Call No.
DS796 Hon.W 1994 in NUS

The Chinese way: China's position in international relations. Oslo:

Scandinavian University Press, 1995. Call No. DS740.4.W246C

Nationalism and Confucianism = 海外华人的民族主义. Singapore: Uni

Press, Centre for the Arts, National University of Singapore. 1996. The
Wu Teh-yao Lectures, 1996. Call No. JC311.w246

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National choice. Canberra: Australia-Japan Research Centre, Research
School of Pacific and Asian Studies, the Australian National University,
1996. Call No. HC681 Pep 260 in NUS

The revival of Chinese Nationalism. Leiden: International Institute for

Asian Studies, 1996.

Chinese collections: Asian Civilizations Museum. Singapore: National

Heritage Board, 1997. Call No. N7340.A832

China's place in the region: the search for allies and friends. Jakarta:
Panglaykim Foundation, 1997. Call No. DS779.27.W246

The modern university in Australia and Asia. Melbourne: The

University of Melbourne, 1997. Call No. LA2108.W246

The Nanhai trade: the early history of Chinese trade in the South China
Sea. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1998. Call No.
HF3838.A7842W246

Shifting paradigms and Asian perspectives: implications for research

and teaching. Singapore: Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd for Centre for
Advanced Studies, National University of Singapore, 1999. Call No.
H62.C334

China and Southeast Asia: myths, threats and culture. Singapore:

World Scientific; Singapore University Press, 1999. Call No. DS501.E11C

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The Chinese Overseas: From Earthbound China to the Quest for
Autonomy. (The Reischauer Lectures, 1997), Cambridge, MA: Harvard
University Press, 1999.

Hong Kong: after smooth handover, now the hard part, by Wang
Gungwu and John Wong. Singapore: East Asian Institute, National
University of Singapore, 1999. Call No. DS501.E11

Imagining the Chinese diaspora: two Australian perspectives, by Wang

Gungwu and Annette Shun Wah. Canberra: Centre for the Study of the
Chinese Diaspora, Australian National University, 1999. Call No.
DS509.5.C5W246

The Chinese overseas: from earthbound China to the quest for

autonomy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2000. Call No.
DS732.W246

Joining the modern world: inside and outside China. Singapore:

Singapore University Press; New Jersey: World Scientific, 2000. Call No.
DS779.22.W246

Don't leave home: migration and the Chinese. Singapore: Times

Academic Press, 2001. Call No. DS732.W246D

Only connect! : Sino-Malay encounters. Singapore: Times Academic

Press, 2001. Call No. DS595.2.C5W246

Bind us in time: nation and civilization in Asia. Singapore: Times

Academic Press, 2002. Call No. JC311.W246B

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To act is to know: Chinese dilemmas. Singapore: Times Academic Press,
2002. Call No. DS735.W246

Anglo-Chinese encounters since 1800: war, trade, science, and

governance. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003. Call No.
DA47.9.C6W246

The Nanhai trade: early Chinese trade in the South China Sea.
Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2003. Call No.
HF3838.A785W246

Ideas won't keep: the struggle for China's future. Singapore: Eastern
Universities Press, 2003. Call No. DS721.W246I

What Asia understands of U.S. grand strategy. Washington, DC:

Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA, 2003. Call No. DS33.4 Uni.A 2003 in
NUS

Divided China: preparing for reunification 883-947. Singapore: World

Scientific, 2007. Call No. DS749.5.W246D

Chuka Bunmei to Chugoku no yukue = Chinese Civilization and China’s

Position. The Ishizaka Lectures 2005. Translated into Japanese by Kato
Mikio. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2007.

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Books in Chinese 中文专著

东南亚与华人: 王赓武教授论文选集, 姚楠编. 北京: 中国友谊出版公

司, 1987. Call No. DS523.4.C45W246D

南洋華人簡史, 張奕善譯. 臺北市: 水牛出版社, 1988. Call No.

DS523.4.C45W246

歷史的功能, 姚楠譯. 香港: 中華書局, 1990. Call No. DS734.7.W246S

何去何從: 海外學者的反思 = The future of China: The scholars' views,

編者八方文化企業公司. New Jersey: 八方文化企業公司, 1990. Call
No. DS779.215 .H62 1990

中國與海外華人, 天津編譯中心譯. 香港: 商務印書館, 1994. Call No.

DS732.W246G

南海貿易与南洋華人, 姚楠譯. 香港: 中華書局, 1998. Call No.

HF3838.W246

民族主义在中国的复兴. 新加坡: 东亚研究所, 1998. Call No. DS501

Eai 1 in NUS

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王赓武自选集. 上海 : 上海敎育出版社, 2002. Call No. DS721.W246W
海外华人硏究的大视野与新方向: 王赓武敎授论文选, 刘宏, 黄坚立
主编. New Jersey: 八方文化企业公司, 2002. Call No. DS732.W246R

移 民 與 興起 的 中 國 . 新加 坡 : 八方 文 化 創作 室 , 2005. Call No.

DS732.W246Y

離鄉別土: 境外看中華. 臺北: 中央研究院歷史語言研究所,2007. Call

No. DS732.W246X

Edited Books in English 英文编撰

Malaysia: a survey. New York: F.A. Praeger, 1964. Call No.

DS597.2.W246

Raniri and the Wujudiyyah of 17th century Acheh by Syed Muhammad

Naguib al-Atlas, edited for the Council of the Society. Singapore:
Malaysian Branch, Royal Asiatic Society, 1966. Call No. BP80.H279A316

The cultural problems of Malaysia in the context of Southeast Asia,

edited by S. T. Alishabana, X. S. Thaninayagam and Wang Gungwu.
Kuala Lumpur: The Malaysian Society of Orientalists, 1968.

Essays on the sources for Chinese history, edited by D. Leslie, C.

Mackerras and Wang Gungwu. Canberra: Australian National
University; Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1973. Call No.
DS734.7.E78E

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Self and biography: essays on the individual and society in Asia. Sydney:
Sydney University Press, 1975. Call No. HM136.S465

Hong Kong: dilemmas of growth, edited by C. K. Leung, J. Cushman and

Wang Gungwu. [Canberra]: Research School of Pacific Studies,
Australian National University; [Hong Kong]: Centre of Asian Studies,
University of Hong Kong, 1980.

Society and the writer: essays on literature in modern Asia, edited by

Wang Gungwu, M. Guerrero and D. Marr. Canberra: Research School
of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, 1981. Call No.
PJ309.S678

Hong Kong: dilemmas of growth, edited by Leung Chi-keung, J.W.

Cushman and Wang Gungwu. Canberra: Research School of Pacific
Studies, Australian National University and the Centre for Asian Studies,
University of Hong Kong, 1982. Call No. DS796.H757H772D

Changing identities of Southeast Asian Chinese since World War II,

edited by J. Cushman and Wang Gungwu. Hong Kong: Hong Kong
University Press, 1988. (Translated into Indonesian as Perubahan
Identitas Orang Cina Di Asia Tenggara by Achmad Setiawan Abadi.
Jakarta: Penerbit PT Pushtaka, 1991. ) Call No. DS523.4.C45C456

Hong Kong’s transition: a decade after the deal, edited by Wang

Gungwu and Wong Siu-lun. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Call No. DS796.H757H772H

Global history and migrations. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1997.

Call No. D445.G562

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Hong Kong in the Asia-Pacific region: rising to the new challenges,
edited by Wang Gungwu and Wong Siu-lun. Hong Kong: Centre of
Asian Studies, the University of Hong Kong, 1997. Call No.
HC470.3.H772A

Dynamic Hong Kong: business & culture. Hong Kong: Centre of Asian
Studies, University of Hong Kong, 1997. Call No. HF5263.D997

The Chinese Diaspora: selected essays, edited by Wang Ling-chi and

Wang Gungwu. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1998. Call No.
DS732.C539D

The end of the cultural westernization of the world? Written by Wolf

Lepenies, commentary by Wang Gungwu. Singapore: Asia-Europe
Foundation, 1998. Call No. DS33.4.E85L595

China's political economy. Singapore: World Scientific, 1998. Call No.

HC427.9.C539

Towards a new millennium: building on Hong Kong’s strengths, edited

by Wang Gungwu and Wong Siulun. Hong Kong: Centre of Asian
Studies, University of Hong Kong, 1999.

China: two decades of reform and change, edited by Wang Gungwu

and John Wong. Singapore: Singapore University Press; New Jersey:
World Scientific, 1999. Call No. HC427.9.C539T

Hong Kong in China: the challenges of transition, edited by Wang

Gungwu and John Wong. Singapore: Times Academic Press, 1999. Call
No. DS796 .H7H772HK
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Asia: official British documents 1945-65 on CD-ROM [computer file]:
selected documents from the end of World War II to Vietnam. London:
Routledge Ltd. in association with the Public Record Office, 1999. Call
No. DS5 Asi in NUS

Reform, legitimacy and dilemmas: China’s Politics and Society, edited

by Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian. Singapore: University of
Singapore Press and World Scientific, 2000. 375 pages. Call No.
DS779.26.R332

Sino-Asiatica: papers dedicated to Professor Liu Ts'un-Yan on the

occasion of his Eighty-fifth birthday = 漢學與亞洲研究: 慶賀柳存仁教
授八十五歲紀念, edited by Wang Gungwu, Rafe de Crespigny and Igor
de Rachewiltz. Canberra: Australian National University, 2002. Call No.
DS721.S617

The Iraq War and its consequences: thoughts of Nobel Peace Laureates
and eminent scholars, edited by Irwin Abrams and Wang Gungwu. New
Jersey: World Scientific, 2003. Call No. U21.2.I65

Damage control: the Chinese Communist Party in the Jiang Zemin era,
edited by Wang Gungwu and Zheng Yongnian. Singapore: Eastern
Universities Press, 2003. Call No. JQ1519.A5D154 2002

Maritime China in transition 1750-1850, edited by Wang Gungwu and

Ng Chin-keong. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2004. Call No. VK101.M342

Nation-building: five Southeast Asian histories. Singapore: Institute of

Southeast Asian Studies, 2005. Call No. DS526.7.N277

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Interpreting China's development, edited by Wang Gungwu and John
Wong. Singapore: Singapore University Press and World Scientific,
2007. Call No. HC427.W246N

Voice of Malayan revolution: the CPM radio war against Singapore and
Malaysia, 1969-1981, edited by Wang Gungwu and Ong Weichong.
Singapore: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, 2009. Call No.
HX400.6.A6V889

Edited Books in Chinese 中文编撰

香港史新編. 香港: 三聯書店, 1997. Call No. DS796.H757X6B

王宓文纪念集. New Jersey: 八方文化企業公司, 2002. Call No.

PL2965.M58W246

伊戰啓示錄, 王赓武, 宫少朋主編. 新加坡: 八方文化企業公司, 2003.

Call No. DS79.76.Y51

从"五四运动"到当代中国的主义之争, 主编王赓武, 郑永年. 新加坡:

八方文化创作室, 2009. Call No. DS779.2.C749

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Books on Wang Gungwu 研究王赓武的著作

坦荡人生学者情怀: 王赓武访谈与言论集, 主编 刘宏. New Jersey: 八

方文化企业公司, 2000. Call No. LA2383.H62W246

Power and identity in the Chinese world order: festschrift in honor of

Professor Wang Gungwu, edited by Billy K. L. So, John Fitzgerald,
Huang Jianli and James K. Chin. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University
Press; Cardiff: Drake, 2003. Call No. HN740.Z9P887

Diasporic Chinese ventures: the life and work of Wang Gungwu, edited
by Gregor Benton and Hong Liu. London: Routledge Curzon, 2004. Call
No. CT2808.W365D541

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