A Brief Review of Shi Zhengyi and Chinese Ethnological Economics (Book Review)

The monograph of Shi Zhengyi and Chinese Ethnological Economics was published by the North America Business Press in 2023. In this volume, Professor Robert Tian and his assistant Ni Zhong introduce the work of the late Zhegyi Shi and his legacy of Ethnological Economics to the English-speaking audience for the first time. It is both a professional and a personal account as Robert Tian, along with Foreword writer Professor Wang Tianjin are his former students and carry on Shi’s work today. For instance, Robert Tian has co-authored many volumes in the same Modern China series for North American Business Press. He has organized annual international conferences on business anthropology in many locations across China for years. The Preface and Foreword are thus essential parts of the book and tell of the intertwined lives of Professors Tian, Wang, and Shi.