About

June Grasso is an Associate Professor in the Social Sciences at Boston University College of General Studies. She holds a B.A. from Wellesley College, and both an M.A. and Ph.D. from Tufts University, with her doctoral research focused on Modern Chinese History. Her recent publications include a book titled "Japan’s ‘New Deal’ for China: Propaganda Aimed at Americans before Pearl Harbor" published by Routledge in 2019, and she is a co-author of the forthcoming sixth edition of "Modernization and Revolution in China". In addition to her research, June Grasso has been recognized for her excellence in teaching, receiving the Peyton Richter Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Teaching in 2021. Her professional activities and contributions emphasize her engagement with interdisciplinary education and research in modern Chinese history.

Research topics

• Political Science
• Computer Science
• Computer Security
• Law
• History

Selected publications

• A Second Revolution

  2024-01-15

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• Modernization and Revolution in China

  2024 · 1 citations

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  • Political Science
  • Political Science
  • History

  Extensively revised and fully updated in this sixth edition, this popular textbook conveys the drama of China’s struggle to modernize against the backdrop of a proud and difficult history. Featuring a new analysis of the issues facing China’s fifth generation of leaders, it explores prominent developments including China’s relations with its neighbors and the United States, the humanitarian crises in Tibet and Xinjiang, and the progression of Xi Jinping. Incorporating new analytical summaries in each chapter and updated suggested readings, this new edition covers: The breakdown of imperial China in the face of Japanese and Western encroachments The struggles between the ideologies and armies of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong Mao Zedong’s Great Leap Forward and Cultural Revolution Deng Xiaoping’s reforms and the resulting dismantling of socialism and economic growth • China’s position as a world superpower and Xi Jinping’s leadership The Covid-19 pandemic Spanning the years from China’s defeat in the Opium Wars to its current status as a world superpower, the sixth edition of Modernization and Revolution in China is an essential textbook for courses on modern Chinese history, Chinese politics, and modern East Asia.

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• The Leadership of Jiang Zemin

  2024-01-15

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• Patterns of Traditional Chinese Life

  2024-01-15

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• The Great Leap and the Bad Fall

  2024-01-15

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• The New Chinese Republic

  2024-01-15

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• Imperial Breakdown and Western Invasion

  2024-01-15

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• The Middle Kingdom

  2024-01-15

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• Creating the New Order, 1949–1957

  2024-01-15

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• The Cultural Revolution

  2024-01-15

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Frequent coauthors

• Michael Kort

  31 shared

• Jay P. Corrin

  30 shared

• Robin Gerster

  2 shared

• Kate Brittlebank

  2 shared

• Neal Devins

  William & Mary

  2 shared

• Timothy Zick

  2 shared

• Christopher Basile

  Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis

  2 shared

• Barbara C. Leigh

  1 shared

Awards & honors

• Peyton Richter Award for Outstanding Interdisciplinary Teach…