Nathaniel Peffer (; June 30, 1890 in

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– April 12, 1964) was an American researcher on East Asian issues. Educated at the

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, Peffer became an East Asian correspondent for the ''

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'', and lived in

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for 25 years. After invitations to lecture on East Asia at various American universities, he was appointed a lecturer at

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in 1937, associate professor of International Relations there in 1939, and Professor in 1943. He retired from the university in 1958.'In Memoriam: Nathaniel Peffer'

Literary works

* ''The white man's dilemma - climax of the age of imperialism'', 1927 * ''China - the collapse of a civilization'', 1930 * ''Must we fight in Asia?'', 1935 * ''Japan and the Pacific''. 1935 * ''The Far East, a modern history''.

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Press, 1958

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* 1890 births 1964 deaths American international relations scholars University of Chicago alumni American journalists American expatriates in China Columbia University faculty American sinologists 20th-century American political scientists {{US-polisci-bio-stub