Peter Duus Explained

Peter Duus
Birth Date:	December 27, 1933
Birth Place:	Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Death Place:	California, U.S.
Education:	Harvard University (BA, PhD) University of Michigan (MA)
Employer:	Washington University in St. Louis (1964–1966) Harvard University (1966–1970) Claremont Graduate School (1970–1973) Stanford University (1973–2004)
Children:	1

Peter Duus (December 27, 1933 – November 5, 2022^[1]) was an American Japanologist, historian, and translator. He was emeritus professor of history at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, as well as president of the Association for Asian Studies in 2000–2001.^[2]

He received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government in 2012.^[3]

Selected bibliography

• Party Rivalry and Political Change in Taisho Japan (Harvard University Press, 1968).
• Feudalism in Japan (Knopf, 1969).
• The Rise of Modern Japan (Houghton Mifflin, 1976).
• The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910 (University of California Press, 1995).
• Modern Japan (Houghton Mifflin, 1993, 2nd ed., 1998).
• The Japanese Discovery of America: A Brief History with Documents (Bedford Books, 1997).

He was the editor of The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6 (1988).

He also translated a couple of books by his writer wife, Masayo Umezawa Duus (ドウス 昌代, née 梅沢).^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peter Duus, an authority on the modern Japanese nation, dies at 88. Stanford University. February 10, 2023. July 11, 2023.
2. Web site: Peter Duus. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. July 11, 2023.
3. Web site: Peter Duus Receives Order of Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon. November 13, 2012. July 11, 2023. Japan-United States Friendship Commission.