Human history is the narrative of humankind's past. Modern humans evolved in Africa c. 300,000 years ago and initially lived as hunter-gatherers. They migrated out of Africa during the Last Glacial Period and had populated most of the Earth by the time the Ice Age ended 12,000 years ago.
John King Fairbank was an American historian of China and United States–China relations. He taught at Harvard University from 1936 until his retirement in 1977. He is credited with building the field of China studies in the United States after World War II with his organizational ability,his mentorship of students,support of fellow scholars,and formulation of basic concepts to be tested.
The European Miracle:Environments,Economies and Geopolitics in the History of Europe and Asia is a book written by Eric Jones in 1981 to refer to the sudden rise of Europe during the late Middle Ages. Ahead of the Islamic and Chinese civilizations,Europe steadily rose since the Early modern period to a complete domination of world trade and politics that remained unchallenged until the early 20th century.
Akira Iriye is a historian of diplomatic history,international,and transnational history. He taught at University of Chicago and Harvard University until his retirement in 2005.
The Great Divergence or European miracle is the socioeconomic shift in which the Western world overcame pre-modern growth constraints and emerged during the 19th century as the most powerful and wealthy world civilizations,eclipsing previously dominant or comparable civilizations from the Middle East and Asia such as the Ottoman Empire,Mughal India,Safavid Iran,Qing China and Tokugawa Japan,among others.
Elizabeth J. Perry,FBA is an American scholar of Chinese politics and history at Harvard University,where she is the Henry Rosovsky Professor of Government and Director of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences,a corresponding fellow of the British Academy,a recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship,and served as Director of Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research from 1999 to 2003 and as president of the Association for Asian Studies in 2007.
Sanjay Subrahmanyam is an Indian historian who specialises in the early modern period and in connected history. He is the author of several books and publications. He holds the Irving and Jean Stone Endowed Chair in Social Sciences at UCLA which he joined in 2004.
The economic history of China covers thousands of years and the region has undergone alternating cycles of prosperity and decline. China,for the last two millennia,was one of the world's largest and most advanced economies. Economic historians usually divide China's history into three periods:the pre-imperial era before the rise of the Qin;the early imperial era from the Qin to the rise of the Song;and the late imperial era,from the Song to the fall of the Qing.
Philip A. Kuhn was an American historian of China and the Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History and of East Asian Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University.
The John Whitney Hall Book Prize has been awarded annually since 1994 by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Pioneer Japanese studies scholar John Whitney Hall is commemorated in the name of this prize.
Charles King Armstrong is an American historian of North Korea. From 2005 to 2020,he worked as the Korea Foundation Professor of Korean Studies at Columbia University,spending his last year on sabbatical after the university's determination that he had committed extensive plagiarism. Armstrong's works dealt with revolutions,cultures of socialism,architectural history,and diplomatic history in the contexts of East Asia and modern Korea,with a focus on North Korea.
The World History Association Bentley Book Prize is an annual award given by the World History Association. It was first awarded in 1999 as the World History Association Book Prize;the name was changed in 2012 to honor Jerry H. Bentley. The prize is $500.
Joseph W. Esherick is an emeritus professor of modern Chinese history at the University of California,San Diego. He is the holder of the Hwei-chih and Julia Hsiu Chair in Chinese Studies. Esherick is a graduate of Harvard College. He received his Ph.D. from University of California,Berkeley (1971),under the supervision of Joseph R. Levenson and Frederic Wakeman.
Albert Feuerwerker was a historian of modern China specializing in economic history and long time member of the University of Michigan faculty. He was the president of the Association for Asian Studies in 1991.
Barak Kushner is an American historian,orientalist,and translator. He is a Professor of East Asian History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow at Corpus Christi College,Cambridge. He has written and edited numerous books and articles and has spoken on a range of East Asian history topics including Japanese imperial propaganda,the Japanese empire in East Asia,Japanese war crimes,and justice in East Asia. He has also written on other subjects,ranging from Godzilla and Japanese humor to ramen and the Chinese influence on early twentieth century notions of modern cuisine in Japan. Kushner is married to Mami Mizutori Assistant Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction,United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR). He speaks and reads Chinese,English,French,Japanese.
This bibliography covers the English language scholarship of major studies in Chinese history.
Susan Louise Mann is an American historian of China best known for her work on the Qing dynasty and the role of women and gender in Chinese history. She was professor of History at University of California,Davis from 1989 until her retirement in 2010.
Klaus Mühlhahn is a German historian and sinologist who was a Professor and Vice President of the Free University of Berlin. Since 2020 he serves as president of Zeppelin University. He was awarded the John K. Fairbank Prize in 2009 for his book Criminal Justice in China:A History.
Liu Kwang-ching,who sometimes published under the name K.C. Liu,was a China-born American historian of China. He taught at University of California-Davis from 1963 until his retirement in 1993. He is best known for his scholarship in late-Qing history,astute bibliographical work,and edited volumes,including co-editing Cambridge History of China volumes.
The Great Divergence:China,Europe,and the Making of the Modern World Economy is a 2000 nonfiction book by Kenneth Pomeranz,published by Princeton University Press,on the subject of Great Divergence in the world history.
