Ezra F. Vogel | |
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 Vogel at the National Library of China in 2013 | |
| Born | Ezra Feivel Vogel July 11, 1930 Delaware, Ohio, US |
| Died | December 20, 2020 (aged 90) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship for Social Sciences; Japan Foundation Prize 1996 |
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| Alma mater | |
| Doctoral advisor | Talcott Parsons |
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| Main interests | East Asian society, politics, and history |
Ezra Feivel Vogel (July 11, 1930 — December 20, 2020[1]) was an American sociologist who wrote on modern Japan, China, and Korea. He was Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences at Harvard University.
His 1978 book Japan as Number One: Lessons for America was a best-seller in both English and Japanese, and his 2011 book Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China won the Lionel Gelber Prize.
- ^ Smith, Harrison (December 22, 2020). "Ezra Vogel, Harvard scholar who bridged U.S. and East Asia, dies at 90". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 4, 2022.