Thomas Robert Hamilton Havens (born 21 November 1939) is an American Japanologist.
Havens is from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Princeton University in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, followed by a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1962.[1] He remained at Berkeley to earn a doctorate in history in 1965, and began his teaching career at Connecticut College.[2] While on the Connecticut College faculty, he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1976.[3] Havens joined the University of Illinois faculty in 1990, where he taught for two years before accepting a teaching position at Berkeley. Havens served as a faculty member for his alma mater for six years, then in 1999, moved to Northeastern University.[2]
Selected publications
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (1970). Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691030807.[4]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (1974). Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1879-1940. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691031019.[5]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (1978). Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two. W. W. Norton. ISBN 9780819154958.[6]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (1982). Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan, Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955-1980. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691053639.[7]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (1987). Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan 1965-1975. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691008110.[8]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (1994). Architects of Affluence: The Tsutsumi Family and the Seibu Enterprises in Twentieth-Century Japan. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9781684173068.[9]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (2006). Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-Garde Rejection of Modernism. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824830113.[10]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (2010). Parkscapes: Green Spaces in Modern Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824834777.[11]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (2015). Marathon Japan: Distance Racing and Civic Culture. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824841010.[12]
- Havens, Thomas R. H. (2020). Land of Plants in Motion: Japanese Botany and the World. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824882891.[13]
References
- ↑ Commencement Programs. University of California, Berkeley. 1962. p. 123.
- 1 2 "Tom Havens". Northeastern University. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ↑ "Thomas R. H. Havens". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- ↑ Reviews of Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought include:
- Chang, Richard T. (November 1970). "Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought. By Thomas R. H. Havens. Princeton: University Press, 1970. viii, 246 pp. Index. $8.50". The Journal of Asian Studies. 30 (1): 189–190. doi:10.2307/2942757.
- Borton, Hugh (December 1970). "Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought. By Thomas R. H. Havens. (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press. 1970. Pp. viii, 253. $8.50.)". The American Historical Review. 75 (7): 2110. doi:10.1086/ahr/75.7.2110.
- Saunders, E. Dale (1970). "Thomas R. H. Havens. Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought. Pp. viii, 253. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1970. $8.50". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 390 (1): 159. doi:10.1177/000271627039000145.
- ↑ Reviews of Farm and Nation in Modern Japan include:
- Boyle, John H. (1976). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 96 (3): 441.
- Choi, Kee Il (June 1977). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870–1940. By Thomas R. H. Havens. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1974. Pp. xi, 358. $15.00". The Journal of Economic History. 37 (2): 519–520. doi:10.1017/S0022050700097369.
- Fukushima, Y. (July 1975). "Thomas R. H. Havens, Farm and Nation in Modern Japan (Book Review)". Technology and Culture. 16 (3): 504. ProQuest 1301544743.
- Smith, Henry D. (1975). "Reviewed Works: Farm and Nation in Modern Japan. Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940 by Thomas R. H. Havens; A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism. The Army and the Rural Community by Richard J. Smethurst". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 2 (1): 131–147. JSTOR 132042.
- Soranaka, Isao (1975). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940, by Thomas Havens". Canadian Journal of History. 10 (1): 132–133. doi:10.3138/cjh.10.1.132.
- Israel, Jerry (1975). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870–1940". History: Reviews of New Books. 3 (3): 71–72. doi:10.1080/03612759.1975.9946754.
- Pyle, Kenneth B. (January 1978). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940. Thomas R. H. Havens". Economic Development and Cultural Change. 26 (2): 425–427. doi:10.1086/451029.
- ↑ Reviews of Valley of Darkness include:
- Storry, Richard (1980). "Reviewed Work: Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two by Thomas R. H. Havens". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 6 (1): 197–200. JSTOR 132007.
- Allinson, Gary D. (November 1978). "Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two. By Thomas R.H. Havens. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1978. xi, 280 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Illustrations, Index. $9.95". The Journal of Asian Studies. 38 (1): 175–178. doi:10.2307/2054258.
- ↑ Reviews of Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan include:
- Munsterberg, Hugo (June 1983). "Thomas R. H. Havens. Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan: Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955–1980. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1982. Pp. ix, 324. $25.00". The American Historical Review. 88 (3): 735. doi:10.1086/ahr/88.3.735.
- Tono, Yoshiaki (July 1983). "Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan by Thomas R. H. Havens (Book Review)". Japan Quarterly. 30 (3): 318. ProQuest 1304281265.
- Waterhouse, David (1984). "Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan: Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955–1980 by Thomas R.H. Havens. 326 pp., illus. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. $25.00". Dance Research Journal. 16 (1). doi:10.2307/1478260.
- ↑ Reviews of Fire Across the Sea include:
- Vlastos, Stephen (February 1989). "Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965–1975. By By Thomas H. Havens. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. ix, 300 pp. $37.50 (cloth); $17.50 (paper)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 48 (2): 162–163. doi:10.2307/2057704.
- Konaka, Yotaro (April 1988). "Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965-1975 by Thomas R.H. Havens (Book Review)". Japan Quarterly. 35 (2): 213. ProQuest 1304283085.
- Vinh, Sinh (1988). "Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965-1975, by Thomas R.H. Havens". Canadian Journal of History. 23 (2): 301–302. doi:10.3138/cjh.23.2.301.
- ↑ Reviews of Architects of Affluence include:
- Bernstein, Jeffrey R. (1996). "The Brothers: The Hidden World of Japan's Richest Family. By Lesley Downer · New York: Random House Press, 1995. xxvii + 418 pp. Charts, maps, index, and bibliography. $25.00. ISBN 0-679-42554-3. - Architects of Affluence: The Tsutsumi Family and the Seibu-Saison Enterprises in Twentieth-Century Japan. ByThomas R. H. Havens · Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1994. xv + 335 pp. Photos, pictures, notes, and index. $45.00. ISBN 0-674-04360-X". Business History Review. 70 (1): 135–137. doi:10.2307/3117236.
- Allinson, Gary D. (1995). "Architects of Affluence: The Tsutsumi Family and the Seibu Enterprises in 20th-Century Japan. by Thomas R. H. Havens". Monumenta Nipponica. 50 (4): 577–579. JSTOR 2385604.
- ↑ Reviews of Radicals and Realists include:
- Igarashi, Yoshikuni (November 2007). "Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-Garde Rejection of Modernism. By Thomas R. H. Havens. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 312 pp. $38.00 (cloth)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 66 (4): 1167–1169. doi:10.1017/S0021911807001647.
- Gardner, William O. (2008). "Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-Garde Rejection of Modernism (review)". Monumenta Nipponica. 63 (1): 203–205. doi:10.1353/mni.0.0015.
- Volk, Alicia (2010). "Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-garde Rejection of Modernism (review)". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 36 (2): 363–368. doi:10.1353/jjs.0.0182.
- ↑ Reviews of Parkscapes include:
- George, Timothy S. (2012). "Parkscapes: Green Spaces in Modern Japan (review)". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 38 (1): 245–248. doi:10.1353/jjs.2012.0019.
- Kang Cao (September 2014). "Book review: Parkscapes: Green Spaces in Modern Japan". Urban Studies. 51 (12): 2711–2713. doi:10.1177/0042098014540013. JSTOR 26145897.
- ↑ Reviews for Marathon Japan include:
- Manzenreiter, Wolfram (September 2016). "MARATHON JAPAN: Distance Racing and Civic Culture | By Thomas R.H. Havens". Pacific Affairs. 89 (3): 662–665.
- Hübner, Stefan (2016). "Marathon Japan: Distance Racing and Civic Culture by Thomas R. H. Havens (review)". Monumenta Nipponica. 71 (2): 487–491. doi:10.1353/mni.2016.0063.
- Kietlinski, Robin (January 2017). "Marathon Japan: Distance Racing and Civic Culture, by Thomas R. H. Havens. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, 2015, 240 pp., $47.00 (ISBN 978-0-8248-4101-0)". Social Science Japan Journal. 20 (1): 160–162. doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyw050.
- Thompson, Lee (2018). "Marathon Japan: Distance Racing and Civic Culture". Japanese Studies. 38 (1): 125–127. doi:10.1080/10371397.2018.1440936.
- ↑ Pitt, Jon L. (2021). "Land of Plants in Motion: Japanese Botany and the World by Thomas R. H. Havens (review)". Monumenta Nipponica. 76 (1): 163–167. doi:10.1353/mni.2021.0003.