Peter Duus
Peter Duus was an American Japanologist, historian, and translator. He was emeritus professor of history at Stanford University and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, as well as president of the Association for Asian Studies in 2000–2001.
He received the Order of the Rising Sun from the Japanese government in 2012.
Selected bibliography
Party Rivalry and Political Change in Taisho Japan.Feudalism in Japan.The Rise of Modern Japan. The Abacus and the Sword: The Japanese Penetration of Korea, 1895-1910.Modern Japan.The Japanese Discovery of America: A Brief History with Documents.He was the editor of The Cambridge History of Japan, Volume 6.
He also translated a selection of books by his wife, the writer Masayo Umezawa Duus.