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John W. Chaffee 
Summary
John William Chaffee (born 1948) is an American historian specializing in the history of China especially the Song dynasty. He is currently Distinguished Service Professor of History and Asian and Asian American Studies at Binghamton University.
John W. Chaffee | |||||||
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| Born | 1948 (age 75–76) | ||||||
| Academic background | |||||||
| Alma mater | University of Chicago (Ph.D.) | ||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Edward A. Kracke Jr. | ||||||
| Academic work | |||||||
| Discipline | Chinese history | ||||||
| Institutions | Binghamton University | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 賈志揚 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 贾志扬 | ||||||
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Books edit
- The Thorny Gates of Learning in Sung China: A Social History of Examinations. Cambridge University Press. 1995.
- The Branches of Heaven: A History of the Sung Imperial Clan. Harvard University Press. 1999.
- Chinese translation: 天潢貴胄：宋代宗室史. Translated by Zhao Dongmei. Jiangsu People's Publishing House. 2006. ISBN 9787214040978..
- The Muslim Merchants of Premodern China: The Social History of a Trade Diaspora, 700-1400. Cambridge University Press. 2018.
He also edited one volume of The Cambridge History of China (with Denis Twitchett).
References edit
- ^ Dong Jiacheng (2017-03-10). "宋史专家贾志扬：爱杭州，爱麻婆豆腐" [Song dynasty historian expert John W. Chaffee: I love Hangzhou and Mapo tofu]. The Paper (in Chinese).
External links edit
- "John William Chaffee". Binghamton University.