Professor
Frederic Evans Wakeman
(
–
)
1937
2006
University of California, Berkeley
;
Berkeley, CA
Historian; Educator
Area
Humanities and Arts
Specialty
History
Elected
1986
Research centers on Ming-Qing and modern Chinese social history. First local history of social and economic effects of Opium War (1839-1842). Led study of 17th-19th century Chinese administrative control systems. Explored philosophical origins of Mao Zedong's thought. Wrote first detailed history of the Manchu conquest of China in the 17th century. Analyzed the policy systems of 20th century Shanghai. Critical biography of Dai Li, the Nationalist chief of Chiang Kai-shek's secret police.
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