G. William Skinner

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George William Skinner
Born(1925-02-14)February 14, 1925
Oakland, California, U.S.
DiedOctober 26, 2008(2008-10-26) (aged 83)
Davis, California, U.S.
Alma mater
Known forPhysiographic macroregions of China, Model of the Chinese standard marketing area
SpouseSusan L. Mann
Scientific career
Fields
  • Anthropology of China
  • Anthropology of Southeast Asia (especially Overseas Chinese, Indonesia and Thailand)
  • China Studies
Institutions
Doctoral advisorLauriston Sharp
Doctoral studentsNorma Diamond, P. Steven Sangren
Other notable studentsKatherine Verdery, Helen Siu

George William Skinner (simplified Chinese: 施坚雅; traditional Chinese: 施堅雅; February 14, 1925 – October 26, 2008) was an American anthropologist and scholar of China.[1][2][3] Skinner was a proponent of the spatial approach to Chinese history, as explained in his Presidential Address to the Association for Asian Studies in 1984.[4] He often referred to his approach as "regional analysis," and taught the use of maps as a key class of data in ethnography.

  1. ^ E.A. Hammel (2009) "George William Skinner, a biographical memoir." National Academy of Sciences. [1] Archived 2011-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Verdery, Katherine; Smith, Carol A. (September 2009). "George William Skinner (1925–2008)". American Anthropologist. 111 (3): 398–401. doi:10.1111/j.1548-1433.2009.01148_1.x.
  3. ^ Yu, Shuenn-Der Yu (2010). "In Memory of G. William Skinner: His Contributions to Anthropology". Taiwan Journal of Anthropology. 8 (1): 3–14. Archived from the original on 2017-02-18. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
  4. ^ Skinner, G. William (February 1985). "Presidential Address: The Structure of Chinese History". The Journal of Asian Studies. 44 (2): 271–292. doi:10.2307/2055923. JSTOR 2055923.