John William Chaffee (born 1948) is an American historian specializing in the

history of China The history of China spans several millennia across a wide geographical area. Each region now considered part of the Chinese world has experienced periods of unity, fracture, prosperity, and strife. Chinese civilization first emerged in the ...

especially the

Song dynasty The Song dynasty ( ) was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 960 to 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song, who usurped the throne of the Later Zhou dynasty and went on to conquer the rest of the Fiv ...

. He is currently Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of History and Asian and Asian American Studies at

Binghamton University The State University of New York at Binghamton (Binghamton University or SUNY Binghamton) is a public university, public research university in Binghamton metropolitan area, Greater Binghamton, New York, United States. It is one of the four uni ...

Books

* ::Chinese translation: ::Korean translation: * ::Chinese translation: . * He also edited one volume of ''

The Cambridge History of China ''The Cambridge History of China'' is a series of books published by the Cambridge University Press (CUP) covering the history of China from the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BC to 1982 AD. The series was conceived by British historian De ...

'' (with

Denis Twitchett Denis Crispin Twitchett (23 September 192524 February 2006) was a British Sinologist and historian, and is well known as one of the co-editors of '' The Cambridge History of China''. Biography Denis Twitchett was born on 23 September 1925 in Lon ...

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* Binghamton University faculty 20th-century American historians 20th-century American male writers 1948 births University of Chicago alumni Historians from Anhui American sinologists Living people Historians of China American male non-fiction writers {{US-historian-stub