Gordon Hsiao-shu Chang (; born 1948) is an American historian and writer. He is a professor and vice provost at Stanford University.

Early life and education

Born in British Hong Kong, Chang earned a degree in history from

Princeton Princeton University is a private research university in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the ni ...

and eventually his PhD in history from Stanford.

Career

In 1991, Chang joined Stanford University. Chang is the Olive H. Palmer Professor in the Humanities and a professor of

American history The history of the lands that became the United States began with the arrival of Settlement of the Americas, the first people in the Americas around 15,000 BC. Native American cultures in the United States, Numerous indigenous cultures formed ...

at Stanford University. Chang's academic interests lie in the connection between race and ethnicity in America, and

American foreign relations The United States has formal diplomatic relations with most nations. This includes all UN member and observer states other than Bhutan, Iran, North Korea and Syria, and the UN observer State of Palestine, the last of which the U.S. does not r ...

. Chang has written on

Asian-American history Asian American history is the history of ethnic and racial groups in the United States who are of Asian descent. The term " Asian American" was an idea invented in the 1960s to bring together Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino Americans for strategi ...

and US–

East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both Geography, geographical and culture, ethno-cultural terms. The modern State (polity), states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. ...

n interactions, and he also researches the fields of

US diplomacy The officially stated goals of the foreign policy of the United States of America, including all the bureaus and offices in the United States Department of State, as mentioned in the ''Foreign Policy Agenda'' of the Department of State, are ...

, the US-Soviet Cold War, modern China, and international security. In 1990, Chang published his first book ''Friends and Enemies: The United States, China and the Soviet Union, 1948-1972''. In 1997, Chang's second book was ''Morning Glory, Evening Shadow: Yamato Ichihashi and His Wartime Writing, 1942-1945'', about a Japanese-American professor at Stanford University who was

interned Internment is the imprisonment of people, commonly in large groups, without charges or intent to file charges. The term is especially used for the confinement "of enemy citizens in wartime or of terrorism suspects". Thus, while it can simpl ...

during the war. Chang's other books include ''Asian Americans and Politics: An Exploration'' (2001), ''Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present'' (2006), ''Asian American Art: A History, 1850-1970 ''(2008), and ''Fateful Ties: A History of America's Preoccupation with China'' (2015). In 2015, Chang was inducted as a member of Committee of 100, a leadership organization of Chinese Americans in business, government, academia and the arts whose stated aim is "to encourage constructive relations between the peoples of the United States and Greater China." In April 2019, Chang became a senior associate vice provost for undergraduate education at Stanford University.

Works

* 1990 Friends and Enemies: The United States, China, and Soviet Union, 1948-1972. * 2019 Ghosts of Gold Mountain: The Epic Stories of the Chinese Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad.

Awards

* 1991 Bernath Book Prize. * 1999 Guggenheim Fellowship Award.

References

Sources

External links

Gordon H. Chang at historians.org

Stanford bio page
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An interview with Professor Chang
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