G. William Skinner
✓ Source-basedfallingAmerican sinologist (1925-2008)
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George William Skinner was an American anthropologist and scholar of China. Skinner was a proponent of the spatial approach to Chinese history, as explained in his Presidential Address to the Association for Asian Studies in 1984.
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Yuet Wai KanAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Foo Ping-sheungAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Xu ZhihongAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Li Choh-mingAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Francis HsuAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
John Newell JordanAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong Kong
Foo Ping-sheungAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong KongXu ZhihongAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong KongLi Choh-mingAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong KongFrancis HsuAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong KongJohn Newell JordanAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Hong KongAbout this person
George William Skinner was an American anthropologist and scholar of China. Skinner was a proponent of the spatial approach to Chinese history, as explained in his Presidential Address to the Association for Asian Studies in 1984. He often referred to his approach as "regional analysis," and taught the use of maps as a key class of data in ethnography.
Country
United StatesCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2008 · aged 83
Written about in
8 languages
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