Background
Hucker, Charles Oscar was born on June 21, 1919 in St. Louis. Son of Edward Christian and Katie (Bond) Hucker.
( By the author of the highly acclaimed China's Imperial ...)
By the author of the highly acclaimed China's Imperial Past and written in the same lively style, this is a distillation of what every general reader and beginning student should know about the history of traditional Chinese civilization. It weaves together chronologically all aspects of Chinese life and culture, broadly surveying general history, socioeconomic organization, political institutions, religion and thought, and art and literature. The author explains how the Chinese empire emerged in antiquity, how it flourished and declined in successive cycles for thousands of years, and how in the end it found itself unprepared for both the domestic and the external challenges of the modern era. The result is a concise overview that is both absorbing in itself and basic to a more detailed study of China's long and complex evolution. I
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author Chinese studies educator
Hucker, Charles Oscar was born on June 21, 1919 in St. Louis. Son of Edward Christian and Katie (Bond) Hucker.
Bachelor of Arts with high honors, University Texas, 1941; Doctor of Philosophy with honors, University of Chicago, 1950; Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Oakland U., 1974.
Instructor, University of Chicago, 1950-1954;
assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1954-1956;
associate professor, U. Arizona, 1956-1958;
professor, U. Arizona, 1958-1961;
professor of history and area studies, Oakland U., Rochester, Michigan, 1961-1965;
professor Chinese and history, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1965-1983;
professor emeritus of Chinese, professor emeritus of history, Williams emeritus professor, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, since 1984;
department chairman Far Eastern languages and literature, University of Michigan, 1965-1971. Cons. United States Office Education, 1960, 65, 66, Ford Foundation, 1962-1963. Member com.on studies Chinese civilization, chairman subcommittee political institutions American Council Learned Socs., 1963-1969.
Consultant or visiting lecturer various colleges andunivs. Member delegate of Ming-Ch'ing historians to China from American Academy Science, 1979.
( By the author of the highly acclaimed China's Imperial ...)
(Hucker cites more than 2200 volumes on China.)
(Book by Hucker, Charles O.)
(A classic.)
Served to major United States Army Air Corps, 1942-1946, PTO. Member Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta. M C.
Married Myrl C. Henderson, February 12, 1943.