Jeffrey Wasserstrom
American historian of modern China at UC Irvine.
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- Jeffrey N.
- Wasserstrom is an American historian of modern China and Chancellor's Professor of History at the University of California, Irvine, where he has taught from 2006, after the University of Kentucky and Indiana University.
- His research began with Chinese student protest.
- He became editor of the Journal of Asian Studies in 2009.
- His books include China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know (2010; second edition 2013) and Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (2020).
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- UC Irvine
- Chancellor's Professor of History; on the faculty from 20061
- Books
- China in the 21st Century (2010, 2013), Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink (2020)1
- Education
- UC Santa Cruz (BA), Harvard (MA), UC Berkeley (PhD)1
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