Conrad Totman facts for kids
Conrad Davis Totman, born on January 5, 1934, is an American historian. He is known for studying the environment and Japan. He also worked as a translator. He used to be a professor at Yale University.
Early Life and Education
Conrad Totman was born in Conway, Massachusetts. He went to Harvard University for his college studies. In 1964, he earned a special degree there. This degree was in the history of East Asia.
He joined the army in 1953. He served in South Korea in 1954. This was right after the Korean War ended.
Teaching Career
Mr. Totman taught Japanese history for many years. He taught at several universities. These included the University of California at Santa Barbara, Northwestern University, and Yale. He stopped teaching at Yale in 1997.
Books and Writings
Conrad Totman has written many books and articles. His writings are about Japanese history and the environment. They have been published in different languages. Here are some of his important books:
- Politics in the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1600-1843, 1967
- The Collapse of the Tokugawa Bakufu, 1862-1868, 1980
- Japan Before Perry: A Short History, 1981
- Tokugawa Ieyasu: Shogun, 1983
- The Origins of Japan's Modern Forests: The Case of Akita, 1985
- The Green Archipelago: Forestry in Preindustrial Japan, 1989
- Tokugawa Japan: The Social and Economic Antecedents of Modern Japan, 1990
- Early Modern Japan, 1993
- The Lumber Industry in Early Modern Japan, 1995
- A History of Japan, 2000
- Pre-industrial Korea and Japan in Environmental Perspective, 2004
- Japan's Imperial Forest, Goryorin, 1889-1945: with a supporting study of the Kan/Min division of woodland in early Meiji Japan, 1871-76, 2007
- Japan: An Environmental History, 2014
More Information
- Yale faculty website
