Susan B. Hanley (born 1939) is an American academic, author,

Japanologist Japanese studies ( Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanes ...

and Professor Emerita of History at the

University of Washington The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattl ...

Career

Hanley was a Professor of Japanese Studies and History at the University of Washington. Her primary area of academic research and writing is the material culture of Tokugawa society. '' The Journal of Japanese Studies'' was edited by Hanley for more than a quarter of a century.

Selected works

In a statistical overview derived from writings by and about Susan Hanley, OCLC/

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encompasses roughly 10+ works in 20+ publications in 5 languages and 1,000+ library holdings. * ''Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan, 1600-1868'' (1967) * ''Population Trends and Economic Development in Tokugawa, Japan'' (1971) * ''Population Trends and Economic Growth in Pre-Industrial Japan'' (1972) * ''Toward an Analysis of Demographic and Economic Change in Tokugawa Japan : a Village Study'' (1972) * ''Fertility, mortality and life expectancy in pre-modern Japan'' (1974) * ''Economic and Demographic Change in Preindustrial Japan'' (1977) * ''Family and population in East Asian History'' with Arthur P. Wolf (1985) * (1994) * ''Everyday Things in Premodern Japan the Hidden Legacy of Material Culture'' (1997)

Honors

Association for Asian Studies The Association for Asian Studies (AAS) is a scholarly, non-political and non-profit professional association focusing on Asia and the study of Asia. It is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. The Association provides members with an Annu ...

John Whitney Hall Book Prize The John Whitney Hall Book Prize has been awarded annually since 1994 by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). Pioneer Japanese studies scholar John Whitney Hall is commemorated in the name of this prize. The Hall Prize acknowledges an outstandi ...

, 1999.John Whitney Hall Book Prize of the Association for Asian Studies, list
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References

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