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Conrad Totman

b. 1934

Historian from the United States

Historian Japanologist
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About Conrad Totman

Born 1934. Conrad Totman is an American historian and japanologist.

Conrad Davis Totman (born January 5, 1934) is an American environmental historian, Japanologist, and translator. Totman was a Professor Emeritus at Yale University.

Early life Totman was born in Conway, Massachusetts. He did his undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and subsequently earned a Doctorate in East Asian history at Harvard University in 1964.

Politics in the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1600-1843, 1967 The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862-1868, 1980 Japan Before Perry: A Short History, 1981 Tokugawa Ieyasu: Shogun, 1983 The Origins of Japan's Modern Forests: The Case of Akita, 1985 The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Preindustrial Japan, 1989 Tokugawa Japan: The Social and Economic Antecedents of Modern Japan, 1990 Early Modern Japan, 1993 The Lumber Industry in Early Modern Japan, 1995 A History of Japan, 2000 Pre-industrial Korea and Japan in Environmental Perspective, 2004 Japan's Imperial Forest, Goryorin, 1889-1945: with a supporting study of the Kan/Min division of woodland in early Meiji Japan, 1871-76, 2007 Japan: An Environmental History, 2014

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Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Education
Harvard University, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Employers
Yale University
Awards
John K. Fairbank Prize
Also known as
Conrad Davis Totman

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Conrad Totman's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Conrad Totman?

historian from the United States

When was Conrad Totman born?

Conrad Totman was born on 5 January 1934 in Franklin County.

What is Conrad Totman's occupation?

Conrad Totman is a historian and japanologist.

What nationality is Conrad Totman?

Conrad Totman is American.

Sources & further reading

Β· Wikipedia: Conrad Totman

Β· Wikidata: Q8269728

Β· DBpedia: Conrad Totman

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