Schwartz Genealogy

Author: Zhu Zhenghui (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2006-12-01
Features: Benjamin I. Schwartz (1916—1999) was a professor at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, a renowned American sinologist, and an expert in comparative studies of human civilizations. He is widely regarded as a towering figure in the field of Chinese studies by the international academic community. The author conducted nearly a year of academic research and investigation in the Harvard University Archives, reading a vast amount of literature and works about Schwartz, and based on this, wrote this academic chronology. Schwartz’s Intellectual Life specifically records the academic career of Schwartz, as well as numerous case studies and academic thoughts related to him. Since the main source materials of this book are from the Harvard University Archives, this work holds significant reference value for understanding the history of American Chinese studies, the state of the discipline, its developmental characteristics, as well as the evolution of Sino-U.S. relations and academic exchanges between China and the United States.