Former Professor of Chinese and of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Author of The Traditional Chinese State in Ming Times and others.
Books in order of publication:
| The Traditional Chinese State in Ming Times (1368-1644) | 1961 |
| The Censorial System of Ming China | 1966 |
| China’s Imperial Past: An Introduction to Chinese History and Culture | 1975 |
| China to 1850: A Short History | 1978 |
| The Ming Dynasty | 1981 |
| A Dictionary Of Official Titles In Imperial China | 1985 |
