Books by D. E. Mungello

This analysis of Joseph de Premare's long-unpublished interpretations of ancient Chinese texts, which were suppressed as dangerous and implausible by both his religious superiors and European intellectuals, establishes Premare as one of the most knowledgeable Sinologists who ever lived.

The Mungellos were Italian-American children of Vesuvius. Moving to flee the threats of the Black Hand, their lives became no less turbulent. Throughout the generations, the Mungello's love affairs projected them up the ladder of American success as they damned one another to their deaths. This is a true story.

The culmination of Mungello's forty years of study on Sino-Western history, this book provides a compelling and nuanced history of Catholicism in modern China.

This unique work examines the role played by sexuality in the historical encounter between China and the West. Distinguished historian D. E. Mungello focuses especially on Western homosexuals who saw China as a place of escape from the homophobia of Europe and North America. His groundbreaking study traces the lives of two dozen men, many previously unknown to have same-sex desire, who fled to China and in the process influenced perceptions of Chinese culture to this day. This escapism engendered casual sexual encounters, serious friendships, and substantive intellectual relationships, all of which had a profound impact on shaping the modern Western conception of China.

Telling the story of the introduction of Christianity to a provincial region in China where European missionaries shared the poverty and isolation of their Chinese flocks, this text shows the influence that the missionaries had in Shandong in matters of spirit and flesh.

This groundbreaking book offers the first full analysis of the long-neglected and controversial subject of female infanticide in China. Drawing on little-known Chinese documents and illustrations, noted historian D. E. Mungello describes the causes of female infanticide and its persistence for two thousand years.