Dorothy Borg Explained
Dorothy Borg (September 4, 1902 Elberon, New Jersey – October 25, 1993 New York City) was an American historian specializing in American-East Asian relations. Although she did not hold faculty appointments, her multi-archival and assiduous scholarship set high standards and her organization of international scholarly cooperation and exchange influenced the field of American history of foreign relations. Her research focused mainly on United States relations with China in the decades between World War I and the arrival in power of the Chinese Communist Revolution in 1949.[1] [2] [3]
Awards
- She received the 1965 Bancroft Prize for her monograph, The United States and the Far Eastern Crisis, 1933-1938.
Works
- American Policy and the Chinese Revolution, 1925-1928 (New York: American Institute of Pacific Relations; Macmillan, 1947; rpr. New York: Octagon, 1968.
- The United States and the Far Eastern Crisis, 1933-1938 (Harvard University Press, 1965)
- Book: Pearl Harbor as History: Japanese-American Relations, 1931-1941. Dorothy Borg . Shumpei Okamoto. Columbia University Press. 1973. 978-0-231-03890-4 .
- Book: Uncertain Years: Chinese American Relations, 1947-1950. Dorothy Borg . Waldo H. Heinrichs. Columbia University Press. 1980. 978-0-231-04738-8 .
Notes and References
- http://www.historians.org/perspectives/issues/1994/9404/9404INM.cfm "In Memoriam", Perspectives, American Historical Association, April 1994
- http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol19/vol19_iss10/record1910.26 "Historian, Dorothy Borg, Dead At 91", Columbia University Record, November 12, 1993 Vol. 19 No. 10
- News: Dorothy Borg, 91, East Asia Scholar At Columbia, Dies. Wolfgang Saxon. October 28, 1993. The New York Times.
