Great Powers and The Study of Change: Chemistry in Modern China,
1860-1949, as well as numerous journal articles. He is currently working on
a study of the relationship between environment and society in China's grass-
lands.

Marvin Williamsen is chairperson of the Department of Interdisciplinary Stud-
ies at Appalachian State University where he teaches Chinese history and mili-
tary history. After service as an infantry lieutenant in the U.S. Army, he studied
and worked in Taipei and Shenyang. He received his Ph.D. degree from Duke
University. Dr. Williamsen is currently working on a book about U.S. military
attachés in China.

T'ien-wei Wu is professor of Asian history at Southern Illinois University. He
studied at Nanjing [Nanking] University and received his Ph.D. degree from the
University of Maryland. Among his numerous works on modern Chinese history
are The Sian Incident: A Pivotal Point in Modern Chinese History and Lin Biao
and the Gang of Four: Contra-Confucianism in Intellectual and Historical Per-
spective.

Wendy Zeldin is a legal research analyst in the Far Eastern Law Division of the
Law Library of Congress. She assists in the preparation of in-depth research
reports on Chinese legal issues for members of Congress. Dr. Zeldin received her
Ph.D. degree from the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations of
Harvard University.

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