Education
- Ph.D. Cornell University (2004)
- M.A. University of Virginia (1995)
- B.A. Yale University (1993)
Publications
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Enclave to Urbanity: Canton, Foreigners, and Architecture from the Late 18th to the Early 20th Centuries (Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2016).
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“Dwelling Factors: Western Merchants in Canton,” in Carole Shammas, ed. Investing in the Early Modern Built Environment: Europeans, Asians, Settlers and Indigenous Societies (Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2012).
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“Treaty Ports of China and the West’s Architectural Presence,” in Carola Hein, ed. Port Cities: Dynamic Landscapes and Global Networks (New York: Routledge, 2011).
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“Thirteen Factories of Canton: An Architecture of Sino-Western Collaboration and Confrontation,” in Buildings and Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, Volume 14, 2007, pp 66-83.
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Numerous book reviews relating to topics in the history of Asian and Western art, architecture, and urbanism.
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Principal authorship of ten nominations to the National Register of Historic Places.