Roy Mark Hofheinz Jr. (born 1935) is an American academic, sinologist who was Professor of Government at Harvard University. He is best-known for his work on the Chinese Communist Revolution.
Roy Mark Hofheinz Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1935 (age 88–89) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Father | Roy Hofheinz |
| Relatives | Fred Hofheinz (brother) |
| Awards | Rhodes Scholarship |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Rice University (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Government, sinology |
| Institutions | Harvard University |
| Main interests | Chinese Communist Revolution |
Personal life
editHofheinz was born in Houston, Texas. He is the son of Texas politician and developer Roy Hofheinz.[1] He earned a BA at Rice University, and was a Rhodes Scholar. He was awarded a PhD at Harvard in 1967.[2]
Academic career
editIn 1975–1979, Hofheinz served as director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.[3]
Selected works
editIn a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Roy Hofheinz Jr, OCLC/WorldCat encompasses roughly 10+ works in 30 publications in 4 languages and 1,000+ library holdings .[4]
- Rural Administration in Communist China (1962)
- Chinese Communist Politics in Action (1969)
- China County Development: a Preliminary Atlas (1972)
- The Origins of Chinese Communist Concept of Rural Revolution (1974)
- A Catalog of Kuang-tung Land Records in the Taiwan Branch of the National Central Library (1975)
- The Broken Wave: the Chinese Communist Peasant Movement, 1922-1928 (1977)
- The Eastasia Edge (1982)
Notes
edit- ^ Johnson, Lady Bird. (2007). A White House Diary, p. 561., p. 561, at Google Books
- ^ Hartocollis, Anemona. "Divining China's Future," Harvard Crimson (US). October 1, 1976, retrieved 2011-05-09
- ^ Suleski, Ronald Stanley. (2005). The Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University, p. 59; Hays, Laurie. "Kuhn to Teach China Courses Next Year," Harvard Crimson (US). April 5, 1978; retrieved 2011-05-09.
- ^ WorldCat Identities: Hofheinz, Roy 1935-
References
edit- Suleski, Ronald Stanley. (2005). The Fairbank Center for East Asian Research at Harvard University: a Fifty Year History, 1955–2005. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780976798002; OCLC 64140358
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