Roy Hofheinz Jr.
Roy Hofheinz Jr. | |
|---|---|
| Born | Roy Mark Hofheinz Jr. December 18, 1935 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Died | November 3, 2023 (aged 87) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Spouse | |
| 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 |
Roy Mark Hofheinz Jr. (December 18, 1935 – November 3, 2023) was an American sinologist who was a Professor of Government at Harvard University, heading the Fairbank Center from 1975 to 1979. He is best known for his work on the Chinese Communist Revolution.
Personal life
Hofheinz 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
In 1975–1979, Hofheinz served as director of the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research.[3]
Selected works
In 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
- ^ 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
- 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