Francis Lang Kwang Hsu

Background

Hsu, Francis Lang Kwang was born on October 28, 1911 in Chuang Ho, China. Son of Chung-ting Hsu and Lee Shih.

Education

Bachelor, Shanghai University, 1933. Doctor of Philosophy, University London, 1940.

Career

Assistant professor to professor anthropology, sociology National Yunnan University, Kunming, China, 1941-1944. Lecturer Columbia, 1944-1945. Acting assistant professor Cornell University, 1945-1947.

Successively assistant professor, associate professor, professor anthropology Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 1947-1978, chairman department, 1957-1975. Professor, director Center for Cultural Studies in Education, University San Francisco, 1978-1982. Field expeditions to, Shansi, North China, 1936, West Yunnan, Southwestern China, 1941-1942, 1943, Hawaii, 1949-1950, 69-70, India, 1955-1957, Japan, 1964-1965, Hong Kong, South Asia, 1975-1976.

Chinese labor consultant Bureau Labor Statistics, United States Department Labor, 1945. Visiting professor Kyoto University, 1964-1965, University Hawaii, 1969-1970, Chinese University Hong Kong, 1975-1976, San Francisco State University, 1984.

Achievements

• Francis Language Kwang Hsu has been listed as a notable anthropology educator, author, lecturer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Kinship, Personality, and Social Mobility in Village China (The Natural History Library N43)

    (This small classic on Chinese culture and religion before...)

  • Exorcising the Trouble Makers: Magic, Science, and Culture (Contributions in Afro-American & African Studies)

    ( The very human need for religion and magic as supplemen...)

  • Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Chinese Culture & Personality

    (Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Chinese Culture & Personality.)

  • The challenge of the American dream: The Chinese in the United States (Minorities in American life series)

    (Book by Hsu, Francis L. K)

  • Under The Ancestors Shadow: Kinship, Personality & Social Mobility in China

    (Book by Francis L K Hsu)

  • Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Kinship, Personality, and Social Mobility in China. A reissue with a new chapter (1967)
  • Under The Ancestors' Shadow
  • Americans and Chinese: Purpose and fulfillment in great civilizations
  • Rugged Individualism Reconsidered: Essays in Psychological Anthropology
  • Clan, Caste, and Club

Membership

Fellow American Anthropological Association (president elect 1976-1977, president 1977-1978).

Connections

Married Vera Y.N. Tung, April 26, 1943. Children: Eileen Hsu-Balzer, Penalope Hsu-Prapuolenis.

Father:

Chung-ting Hsu

Mother:

Lee Shih

Spouse:

Vera Y.N. Tung

child:

Eileen Hsu-Balzer Hsu

child:

Penalope Hsu-Prapuolenis Hsu