Frank Dikötter

Frank Dikötter (* 1961 in the Netherlands) is a Dutch historian and sinologist. He is a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies ( SOAS ) and the University of Hong Kong.

Life

Dikötter studied at the University of Geneva History and Russian. He then spent two years in the People's Republic of China. In 1990 he received his doctorate at SOAS in History. After that, he conducted research on there and in 2002 professor.

Dikötter is married and currently lives in Hong Kong.

Work

Dikötter has written many books about modern China written, for example, Mao 's Great Famine, in 2011, the Samuel Johnson Prize won.

Books (selection)

• The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Communist Revolution, 1945-1957. Bloomsbury Press, 2013. ISBN 978-1-408-83757-3.
• Mao 's Great Famine: The History of China 's most devastating catastrophe, 1958-62. Walker & Company, 2010. ISBN 0-8027-7768-6.
• Things Modern. Material Culture and Everyday Life in China. Hurst & Company, 2006. ISBN 1-85065-815-3.
• Narcotic Culture: A History of Drugs in China ( with Lars Peter Laamann and Xun Zhou ). University Of Chicago Press, 2004. ISBN 0-226-14905-6.
• Crime, Punishment and the Prison in Modern China. Columbia University Press, 2002. ISBN 978-0-231-12508-6.
• Imperfect conceptions: Medical Knowledge, birth defects and eugenics in China. Columbia University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-231-11370-6.