Nicholas Bartlett - Recovering Histories: Life and Labor After Heroin in Reform-Era China

Acknowledgments

This book has emerged slowly, drawing on nearly two decades of study and research. I have incurred many debts of gratitude along the way.

From my undergraduate years, I would like to recognize the lasting influence of Gary Wilder, Sam Yamashita, and Kevin Platt, all fantastic and dedicated educators. From my first years in New York, I would like to thank John Chin, Richard Elovich, Kate Hunt, Dorinda Welle, and Carol Vance. Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch and Daniel Wolfe at Open Society Foundations were wise, kind, and supportive bosses and mentors.

In the Bay Area, Vincanne Adams and Liu Xin shaped this project in crucial ways. In her capacity as chair of my dissertation committee, Vincanne Adams was a kind and responsive mentor, a talented teacher, and an insightful reader. Liu Xin had his office door open at crucial moments and saw early on that this project might focus on temporality. Matthew Kohrman and Deborah Gordon have been cherished mentors. Alex Beliaev, Anthony Stavrianakis, and Eric Plemons were key readers of my dissertation. My fellow UCSF cohort mates Jeff Schonberg, Kelly Knight, and Liza Buchbinder provided support and friendship. Other people I would like to thank include Saleem Al-Baholy, Philippe Bourgois, Lawrence Cohen, Katie Hendy, Judith Justice, Eugene Raikhel, Laura Schmidt, Ian Whitmarsh, and Emily Wilcox.