What a ride it's been, but page proofs are in! ✅ Made in China will be out in the world in March 2024!!
Read more about the book here
And find it here on Indie book finder
Also here, for those inclined
So incredibly pleased to be joining
@lsehistory
in Sept as an assistant professor of US in the world! 🎉Excited and humbled to be part of such a vibrant international history dept. After 6 cities, 3 countries, and a lot of uncertainty I’m delighted to plant my roots in London!
My book has a cover! What an exceptional job by the
@Harvard_Press
team. I just love it so much. Feels so good to be one step closer to it being a real book — coming March/April 2024!
Really pleased to share the CFP for the 2023-24 Seminar in Contemporary International History. After a decade working with Sciences Po, the
@lsehistory
seminar will take on a new chapter with
@FletcherSchool
and
@LSEIRDept
Applications due August 30. Please do share widely!
😍😍arrived home from a run to find a box full of books on my doorstep 😍😍
The official release in the US and Australia is March 19! And early April in the UK. If you haven’t already, you can preorder here:
Or here:
After a brilliant first year, I'm pleased to share, along with
@elisabeth_leake
and
@mjbayly
, the CFP for the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History for the 2024-25 academic year!
Please see the image for details and submit your application by August 23
Feeling so happy to have signed a contract with
@Harvard_Press
for my first book “Made in China: The Transformation of US-China Trade in the 1970s”. Excited to be one step closer to it being a real object I can hold—itself made in Sydney, Charlottesville, LA, Guilin, and Dallas!
My author copy arrived today!! 📚
After years of thinking and researching and writing, it feels so good to be able to hold it!
Thanks again to
@Harvard_Press
for all the support in reaching this point. Feels as good as I’d hoped
Read more & preorder:
After over a decade of work, I’m so pleased my book on US-China trade is scheduled for publication
@Harvard_Press
in spring 2024🥳
From Sydney to London via Charlottesville, Guilin, Dallas & New Haven, the book has been shaped by places I’ve lived in that time. Excited to share!
What an honour to see a full-page review of my book in this weekend's
@australian
newspaper
Paul Monk writes that "it is a beauty. It demonstrates exquisitely detailed research, originality of thought, maturity of judgement and a wide-angled vision of geopolitics."
Today is the official release of Made in China 🥳 About how the US assisted industrialization in China and deindustrialization at home
To celebrate, I’m going with the tried and true publicity method of sharing a dog pic! Here is little Ellie giving high 5 on Book Release Day😍
Had a particularly special night launching my book in Sydney. It was so meaningful that when my high school history and English teachers got wind of the event, they came in full force! They taught me the joy of learning and reading. Teachers change lives & mine certainly did so
Grad students studying the Cold War: This year LSE
@lsehistory
is hosting the grad conference in Cold War studies with
@GWCOLDWAR
@CCWSatUCSB
. May 11-13 in London. An incredible opportunity to collectively consider the CW from a ranges of perspectives
Alongside
@elisabeth_leake
@mjbayly
&
@FionntanOHara
, I'm delighted to share our line-up of speakers for the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History!
Seminars take place on Wednesdays 4:00pm in London, 11am in Boston & Zoom. Please see the image for registration
So delighted to hear my article, "The Invisible Hand of Diplomacy: Chinese Textiles and U.S. Manufacturing in the 1970s" has been awarded the W. Turrentine Jackson Prize from the Pacific Coast branch of the AHA!
@PacHistReview
CFP: The LSE-Sciences Po seminar in International History is calling for submissions for Michaelmas Term (October-December)!
I'll be helping co-ordinate from the LSE side of things so please do get in touch if you have any questions.
Can’t believe this is real, but this morning I looked up my book on WorldCat and couldn’t believe my eyes. The US PRESIDENT has my book in his library! 👀
Thanks so much
@JoeBiden
, would love to hear your thoughts!
Trying to limit email for a few weeks while I'm with family in Sydney... but I opened up my email to find a new banner for my twitter profile! 👀
Exciting to be preparing for publication and planning celebrations for what has truly been a labour of love.
Advanced proofs spotted at the AHA 👀😍
@Harvard_Press
@AHAhistorians
I’m not there myself but am so grateful to
@RobRakove
who surprised me with this photo update!
The final book will be out in just a few months, which you can pre-order here:
Starting to feel very real and unbelievably lucky to be joining
@ISSYale
in a few weeks time! Made the Pandemic Road Trip from Dallas to New Haven with a puppy, 20 plants and a car full of books. Already said puppy has taken the responsibilities of Squirrel Patrol very seriously
Launched my book last night at LSE with students, colleagues, and friends including very dear friends who were visiting from Australia 🥳
After years of research and thinking, it’s a great feeling to celebrate its publication and be able to share my ideas!
Not my usual Friday…Spent the day talking globalization and US-China relations for a documentary on the history of supply chains. Was a bit nervous at first but surprised at how fun it all was!
Really looking forward to launching my book, Made in China, in London on May 7 at LSE!
The event is free and open to the public although please do make sure to register:
For those outside London, it will also be broadcast online!
It was a real pleasure to join
@ShannonTiezzi
at
@Diplomat_APAC
to talk about my new book, Made in China
The link to the conversation is here:
I’ll also pull out a few key ideas reflecting on what this history means in today’s context below: 🧵
Just got page proofs for my article with
@PacHistReview
!! It was the first thing I began researching as a PhD student and has at various times seen me turn into “the gloves lady” as I spoke, perhaps too often, of it to anyone who’d listen. So pleased to see it out this summer
Just finished
@lizingleson
's brilliant book on how US business interests and China's state policies are deeply intertwined in shaping global capitalism.
A must-read!
@Harvard_Press
@lsehistory
Reviewed in
@chinaquarterly
!
"Should be read by every serious student of US-China relations...& international political economy more generally. Beautifully and engagingly written, it is also a book that will give all readers genuine pleasure & enjoyment"
Twitter, meet Eleanor Pupsevelt, my little rescue pup 💜 I’m so in love! We know one day Ellie may have to join a new family here in the US. But for at least the next 2 yrs I’m committing to Ellie’s pup-velopment and to becoming the fully fledged dog mum I was always meant to be
What a pleasure to see my book in conversation with
@jmchatwin
in the
@LAReviewofBooks
!
Kate Merkel-Hess writes that “Ingleson’s study provides that shocking jolt that the best histories do, reminding us of things forgotten beneath decades of layered teleological explanations”
Have been seeing coauthors post pics of their copies and now finally have my hands on my own! Really happy to see the end product of this new collection of essays on the history of US foreign relations
Page proofs! Really excited to be part of the Routledge History of US Foreign Relations with
@tysonfreeder
My chapter is a shortened version of ideas I explore in more depth elsewhere. Here, I argue that US-China relations in the 1950s & 1960s were not “the great aberration”...
Really pleased and grateful that
@B_Eichengreen
wrote a capsule review of my book for
@ForeignAffairs
It's a great pleasure and honour to see my work and ideas out in the world! Link here:
Back in sunny Sydney for a bit and gearing up for a launch event for Made in China
Family, friends, colleagues & even high school teachers will be joining (!) in what feels like an extra special celebration in the place where it all began
All welcome:
“The story that Ingleson paints reminds us that the ubiquity of "Made in China" labels on products sold in the US was not inevitable”
Grateful to
@elliswonk
for engaging so closely with my book and writing such a fantastic piece about it in
@planetmoney
Thank you
@ProfPaulPoast
!
This is particularly meaningful b/c interdisciplinarity has always been important to me. I engaged a lot with IR, economics, sociology, & anthropology when writing this history.
It means a lot to now be able to have conversations and share these ideas.
IR Book of the Week!
"Made in China" by
@lizingleson
. China was LONG seen by the West as a key consumer market. Starting in the 1970s, US businesses saw it as a source for workers. This book details that process, and how it reshaped the global economy.
Was a real pleasure to join
@danbanik
from
@GlobalDevPod
to talk about my new book, Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade
You can listen here or all the usual podcast places!
🌍 Fresh off the press!
We explore the transformative journey of the "Made in China" label. Discover the pivotal moments in the 70s and 80s when the US's neoliberal turn opened doors for China's integration into global capitalism. 📈🌏
@lizingleson
Yesterday
@lsehistory
hosted 30 brilliant scholars from across the UK working on the Americas across a wide geographic and temporal scope!
It was such a pleasure to learn from and build community at a time when higher education necessitates solidarity more than ever.
A reminder that the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History starts this Wednesday 4pm London, 11am Boson and online!
We will welcome
@DrRuthCraggs
@JonathanAHarris
with comments from
@joannalewisnews
Details for registration and room locations on the flyer
Our first session kicks off next Wed October 4, 4pm London/11am Boston!
@JonathanAHarris
&
@DrRuthCraggs
will share their work on diplomatic tutelage: programs in Britain, France, Switzerland, Cameroon & Kenya that trained African diplomats.
@joannalewisnews
will provide comments
Excited to see an excerpt from my book, Made in China, in
@ForeignPolicy
Come for the stories of vodka wars and Don King (yes, that Don King), stay for the analysis of how US importers marketed Chinese goods to transform how consumers saw China: from Red China to “Made in China”
The canny marketing of imports from vodka to basketballs transformed the U.S.-China trade relationship.
@lizingleson
looks at how ‘Made in China’ became American gospel in
@ForeignPolicy
:
My book has been out in the world for 2 months and to celebrate I’m sharing, with permission, this glorious bunch as a reminder of how you too could feel with my book in your hands!
Made it to the end of my first term in the new job! It’s been amazing meeting new colleagues and students. Less so has been: locking myself out of my home during the dog’s late-night loo trip, an emergency visit to urgent care, & my shower breaking morning of biggest teaching day
Very pleased to share the new line up for the LSE-Sciences Po seminar in Contemporary International History.
All sessions are held Wednesdays, 4-5:30pm BST on zoom and in person. Those who are London based are welcome to join us at LSE -- please contact me for more details
Back in China for the first time since Covid, attending the
@wef
’s “summer Davos” in Dalian
Had a great time talking about economic security in US-China relations, and why labour policy is essential to this dynamic, especially as both nations increase competition over AI
@FairbankCenter
Hi! I’m an historian finishing up my first book about how US and Chinese businesspeople rebuilt trade ties in the 1970s. Argue that China was reframed from an earlier vision of 400m customers to a site of 800m workers as well — and explore implications for labor in both nations
This morning I received a lovely email from a student who had spotted my book at a bookshop in London!
It's only just been released in the UK & I'm looking forward to launching it next week at LSE
5pm with a reception afterwards🥳
All welcome, register:
Really looking forward to being back in Asia in just a few weeks and to travel to Taiwan where I’ll speak with the
@AcadSinica
community about my book!
If you’re in Taipei on June 28, please do join!
We are very honoured to invite Dr
@lizingleson
of
@lsehistory
to give a book talk at the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica
@AcadSinica
in Taiwan🇹🇼
More information:
Great to be back in Virginia and to take a deep dive into East Asian security, US-China rels, & the future of the region. Thanks to
@MikeTierneyIR
and the
@global_wm
team for the invitation.
Of course, no trip to the US would be complete without this "small" hire car I was given
In late July, Cambridge Uni is hosting a conference on “Conflicts, Geography, and Pax Americana in Cold War East Asia.” Really looking forward to the discussion—July 25-26! Registration and more info here:
A reminder to join us and author
@lizingleson
for the launch of her new book!
'Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade'
📍St David's Room, Strand Campus, KCL
⏰3 June, 18:00 to 20:00
Jet lag is my friend today, making it easier to be up bright and early in Providence for
@TheBHCNews
#bhc2024
Looking forward to my panel on business in the Cold War, starting 8am alongside
@philip_thai
and Timothy Yang with comments from
@SMihm
!
Really looking forward to
@SHAFRConference
starting in just a few hours! In related news, (and really an excuse to post adorable pup pics) Ellie picked this up on her walk yesterday and will be mostly (hopefully) entertained and distracted while I tune in
It was a real pleasure to join Miranda Melcher on the
@NewBooksNetwork
podcast to talk about my book!
I spoke not only about the big ideas of the book but also some of the stories, and even the process of writing the book itself.
Listen here:
Really enjoyed reading and thinking about Thomas Zeiler’s new book on trade, peace and liberal internationalism for this
@HDiplo
roundtable alongside
@MWPalen
, and Francine McKenzie, with comments from
@CharlesKupchan
You can read the reviews here:
Excited to talk next week about Veronica Yhap and her company Dragon Lady Traders. Her story helps show how China, the world’s largest capitalist state, became an indispensable component of global capitalism
It will be online for those, like me, who aren’t in Hong Kong (I wish!)
Mark your 🗓️ on Sep 14 at 3pm HKT/9am CEST for the Delta on the Move Lecture Series with Dr. Elizabeth Ingleson
@LSEnews
. She will discuss "Dragon Lady Traders of the 1970s: How the US and China Rebuilt a Trade Relationship Through Textiles and Hong Kong".
LSE's International History department is looking to appoint a Fellow in US Foreign Relations!
@lsehistory
@LSE_US
@lseideas
They will teach Vietnam and Korean Wars & work on the US in the world survey course.
Applications due soon - July 2!
Really looking forward to talking about my book, Made in China, with
@ptrubowitz
on May 7 at
@LSEnews
Like most things labeled “made in China”, this book was created in many parts of the world. It’s a real pleasure to launch it in my new home in London!
My book has been reviewed in the
@SatPaper
!
Linda Jaivin writes, it’s “a brilliant examination” “Ingleson’s keen attention to the racialised and gendered dimensions of the world she describes helps make Made in China a compelling read.”
And her conclusion: “wow, what a book” 🤩
It was a real pleasure to review
@PeteMillwood
‘s article! As I say in the piece, one of its strengths is that it serves as a model for historians of international relations regardless of the particular countries they centre.
In other words, it really deserves a wide readership
A big thank you to
@lizingleson
for this highly thoughtful and in-depth review of my
@SHAFRDH
article on (mis)perceptions in US-China relations in the 1970s. I'm very grateful for such a close reading of the piece.
It was such a pleasure chatting with
@CindyXiaodanYu
about my book for the Chinese Whispers podcast. I’ve been listening to the podcast for a while now and it was an honour to be on the other side.
You can listen here or wherever you get your podcasts:
Having the
#SHAFR2021
recordings available online immediately after has been such a thoughtful part of this conference! So good for clashing panels, tuning in from different time zones, or when you just have other commitments. Can still feel part of the rolling conversation 🙏🙏
It’s a great pleasure to share this year’s
@IHR_NorthAm
seminar lineup that I’ve been working on with
@mitch_robertson
We kick off on Nov 16 at senate house with
@prof_erikalee
talking about monuments and memory in Asian American history!
Register here:
Take a listen to yesterday’s
@nytimes
podcast, The Daily, on China and its impact on the US economy….
…and then read my piece in
@LSEUSAblog
about why blaming China and focusing on manufacturing jobs is the wrong approach
🎧
📖
Really enjoyed discussing my book with
@LSE_US
’s podcast, Ballpark
You can listen here:
It gives a taste of what I’ll be talking about at the launch & reception on Tuesday 7, 5pm at LSE’s Wolfson Theater 🥳
All welcome, register:
🎧 Listen to
@lizingleson
on the latest episode of the LSE Ballpark podcast, ahead of her book launch
@LSEnews
on Tuesday!
Register to attend the book launch below ⤵️
"Meticulously researched" and "rife with interesting and fresh anecdotes", Made in China "reminds us of the roots of the complexities still present in the China-US relationship and global trade overall."
Thanks to
@IMFNews
for engaging so thoughtfully!
Last day in the office for a while so naturally brought Eleanor. It’s been an amazing first 8 mths at
@CPHatSMU
Less so has been using that time to pull my diss apart and rewrite whole new structure. But I’m feeling so ready for my Summer Of Blitz starting in MI & ending in China
I’m presenting the early stages of a project I’ve had on the back burner for years. Really pleased to be discussing it at
@IHR_NorthAm
online next month — all welcome, I’d really appreciate fresh eyes!
@pastpunditry
They should follow this up with a segment next week historicising the use women’s intellectual labour without attribution. Jocelyn Bell, Zelda Fitzgerald etc etc
Up way too early but with essays graded and coffee in hand at the airport gate, starting to get excited to talk about my work later today at
@HarvardWCFIA
!
This upcoming
#LSEChinaForesight
event with
@ajwsmall
,
@lizingleson
and Chris Alden will discuss the drivers of China policy across Europe and beyond.
Find out more and register here:
Fantastic panel tonight
@CPHatSMU
organised by
@lmchervinsky
Hearing about her research and that of
@KoriSchake
@ljgordon106
and Nate Packard. “When they Came Home: Soldiers & American Society, from the Revolution to the War on Terror.”
I spoke with
@awmerck
earlier this year about business history, my research, and my experiences that brought me to London.
It was a real pleasure to look back at things for a moment especially as I look forward, now, to the rest of this summer as I Finally. Finish. The. Book.
Very excited about this one!
London-based students: on Tuesday May 28
@eddiegao163
and
@rubyosman_
will join us at LSE to about their experiences working on China policy in the UK
4pm in Marshall Building room 2.05
All very welcome -- please contact me for more infomation
What an absolute pleasure to see my work in
@Grand_Continent
This excerpt is of a story I tell about the velvet industry in the US and imports of Chinese velvet in the 1970s
Here is one of my favourite images from the book to give you a feel for velvet’s place in US culture 🧵
Généalogie du Béhémoth industriel chinois.
Entre Kissinger, Nixon et Mao—des énormes grèves aux États-Unis en 1977 à l'explosion du textile,
@lizingleson
étudie les origines de la puissance manufacturière chinoise.
Une enquête à lire absolument.
I’ve just finished packing a single suitcase for three days at
@SHAFRhistorians
followed by 8 weeks in China. Am feeling most self-congratulatory about the fact I only packed 5 physical books—my core “essentials.” This is hands down an all-time low and I’m feel extremely proud 🏆
Join us in person and online for the first session of the LSE-Sciences Po Seminar in Contemporary International History.
Those in London — you are welcome to join us in-person at LSE and social time afterwards. Message me for if you’d like to join!
Happy to share the Spring Semester program of our LSE-Sciences Po Seminar in Contemporary International History! All sessions are held Wednesdays, 5-6:30pm CET in January and March.
Join us on Wednesday, January 25 for our first session!
Register here:
We will have three talks in the Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, if you are in Taipei, why not join us?
@cfmeyskens
on 18 June
@Robin70202
on 24 June
@lizingleson
on 28 June
Day one of
@LSE_UCU
strikes included brilliant and powerful teach out from
@mollyavery_
@sham_marral
and Taylor Sherman at
@lsehistory
International History on sexual violence and power abuse within higher education, alongside readings from Sarah Ahmed’s Complaint
Truly an honour to speak tonight with
@MohamedouOuld
and
@YasmineAhmed001
at
@LSEAmnesty
Mohamedou has an incredible story to tell and does so with such compassion and humanity. If you haven’t yet read Guantánamo Diary, make sure to change that asap.
A true honour to hear
@MohamedouOuld
speak & feel his deep kindness & forgiveness, despite 14 years of detention without charge and torture at Guantanamo Bay by the US govt: “Guantanamo bay belongs to a dictatorship not to a democracy…the world deserves better”
#CloseGuantanamo