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Professor Emeritus
E-mail: fwd@mediaone.net
Degree: Ph.D., Harvard (1971).
Field(s) of interest: Modern Chinese History.
Research Interests and Professional Activities
Author/editor of books and articles on aspects of Sino-Western cultural
interaction, the role of Western missionaries in China, pioneer
photography in China, and early Manchu acceptance of Chinese culture.
The 1990 translation of his China Charts the World: Hsu Chi-yu
and His Geography of 1848 (1975) has played a significant role
in the current debate in China on the direction of Chinese modernization.
Professor Drake retired from the History Department in 2003.
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