Thomas Havens

American historian (born 1939)

Thomas Robert Hamilton Havens (born November 21, 1939) is an American Japanologist.

Havens is from Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Princeton University in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in history, followed by a master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1962.[1] He remained at Berkeley to earn a doctorate in history in 1965, and began his teaching career at University of Toronto before moving to Connecticut College in 1966.[2] While on the Connecticut College faculty, he was awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 1976.[3] Havens joined the University of Illinois faculty in 1990, where he taught for two years before accepting a teaching position at Berkeley. Havens served as a faculty member for his alma mater for six years, then in 1999, moved to Northeastern University.[2]

He is married to Karen Thornber, the Harry Tuchman Levin Professor in Literature and professor of East Asian languages and civilizations at Harvard University.

## Selected publications

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* Havens, Thomas R. H. (1970). Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691030807.[4]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (1974). Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1879-1940. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691031019.[5]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (1978). Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two. W. W. Norton. ISBN 9780819154958.[6]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (1982). Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan, Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955-1980. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691053639.[7]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (1987). Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan 1965-1975. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691008110.[8]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (1994). Architects of Affluence: The Tsutsumi Family and the Seibu Enterprises in Twentieth-Century Japan. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9781684173068.[9]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (2006). Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-Garde Rejection of Modernism. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824830113.[10]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (2010). Parkscapes: Green Spaces in Modern Japan. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824834777.[11]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (2015). Marathon Japan: Distance Racing and Civic Culture. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824841010.[12]
* Havens, Thomas R. H. (2020). Land of Plants in Motion: Japanese Botany and the World. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 9780824882891.[13]

## References

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1. ^ Commencement Programs. University of California, Berkeley. 1962. p. 123.
2. ^ a b "Tom Havens". Northeastern University. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
3. ^ "Thomas R. H. Havens". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
4. ^ Reviews of Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought include:
* Chang, Richard T. (November 1970). "Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought. By Thomas R. H. Havens. Princeton: University Press, 1970. viii, 246 pp. Index. $8.50". The Journal of Asian Studies. 30 (1): 189–190\. doi:10.2307/2942757.
* Borton, Hugh (December 1970). "Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought. By Thomas R. H. Havens. (Princeton, N. J.: Princeton University Press. 1970. Pp. viii, 253. $8.50.)". The American Historical Review. 75 (7): 2110. doi:10.1086/ahr/75.7.2110.
* Saunders, E. Dale (1970). "Thomas R. H. Havens. Nishi Amane and Modern Japanese Thought. Pp. viii, 253. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1970. $8.50". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 390 (1): 159. doi:10.1177/000271627039000145.
5. ^ Reviews of Farm and Nation in Modern Japan include:
* Boyle, John H. (1976). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940". Journal of the American Oriental Society. 96 (3): 441.
* Choi, Kee Il (June 1977). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870–1940. By Thomas R. H. Havens. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1974. Pp. xi, 358. $15.00". The Journal of Economic History. 37 (2): 519–520\. doi:10.1017/S0022050700097369.
* Fukushima, Y. (July 1975). "Thomas R. H. Havens, Farm and Nation in Modern Japan (Book Review)". Technology and Culture. 16 (3): 504. ProQuest 1301544743.
* Smith, Henry D. (1975). "Reviewed Works: Farm and Nation in Modern Japan. Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940 by Thomas R. H. Havens; A Social Basis for Prewar Japanese Militarism. The Army and the Rural Community by Richard J. Smethurst". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 2 (1): 131–147\. JSTOR 132042.
* Soranaka, Isao (1975). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940, by Thomas Havens". Canadian Journal of History. 10 (1): 132–133\. doi:10.3138/cjh.10.1.132.
* Israel, Jerry (1975). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870–1940". History: Reviews of New Books. 3 (3): 71–72\. doi:10.1080/03612759.1975.9946754.
* Pyle, Kenneth B. (January 1978). "Farm and Nation in Modern Japan: Agrarian Nationalism, 1870-1940. Thomas R. H. Havens". Economic Development and Cultural Change. 26 (2): 425–427\. doi:10.1086/451029.
6. ^ Reviews of Valley of Darkness include:
* Storry, Richard (1980). "Reviewed Work: Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two by Thomas R. H. Havens". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 6 (1): 197–200\. JSTOR 132007.
* Allinson, Gary D. (November 1978). "Valley of Darkness: The Japanese People and World War Two. By Thomas R.H. Havens. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 1978. xi, 280 pp. Notes, Bibliography, Illustrations, Index. $9.95". The Journal of Asian Studies. 38 (1): 175–178\. doi:10.2307/2054258.
7. ^ Reviews of Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan include:
* Munsterberg, Hugo (June 1983). "Thomas R. H. Havens. Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan: Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955–1980. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1982. Pp. ix, 324. $25.00". The American Historical Review. 88 (3): 735. doi:10.1086/ahr/88.3.735.
* Tono, Yoshiaki (July 1983). "Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan by Thomas R. H. Havens (Book Review)". Japan Quarterly. 30 (3): 318. ProQuest 1304281265.
* Waterhouse, David (1984). "Artist and Patron in Postwar Japan: Dance, Music, Theater, and the Visual Arts, 1955–1980 by Thomas R.H. Havens. 326 pp., illus. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982. $25.00". Dance Research Journal. 16 (1). doi:10.2307/1478260.
8. ^ Reviews of Fire Across the Sea include:
* Vlastos, Stephen (February 1989). "Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965–1975. By By Thomas H. Havens. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1987. ix, 300 pp. $37.50 (cloth); $17.50 (paper)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 48 (2): 162–163\. doi:10.2307/2057704.
* Konaka, Yotaro (April 1988). "Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965-1975 by Thomas R.H. Havens (Book Review)". Japan Quarterly. 35 (2): 213. ProQuest 1304283085.
* Vinh, Sinh (1988). "Fire Across the Sea: The Vietnam War and Japan, 1965-1975, by Thomas R.H. Havens". Canadian Journal of History. 23 (2): 301–302\. doi:10.3138/cjh.23.2.301.
9. ^ Reviews of Architects of Affluence include:
* Bernstein, Jeffrey R. (1996). "The Brothers: The Hidden World of Japan's Richest Family. By Lesley Downer · New York: Random House Press, 1995. xxvii + 418 pp. Charts, maps, index, and bibliography. $25.00. ISBN 0-679-42554-3. - Architects of Affluence: The Tsutsumi Family and the Seibu-Saison Enterprises in Twentieth-Century Japan. ByThomas R. H. Havens · Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1994. xv + 335 pp. Photos, pictures, notes, and index. $45.00. ISBN 0-674-04360-X". Business History Review. 70 (1): 135–137\. doi:10.2307/3117236.
* Allinson, Gary D. (1995). "Architects of Affluence: The Tsutsumi Family and the Seibu Enterprises in 20th-Century Japan. by Thomas R. H. Havens". Monumenta Nipponica. 50 (4): 577–579\. JSTOR 2385604.
10. ^ Reviews of Radicals and Realists include:
* Igarashi, Yoshikuni (November 2007). "Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-Garde Rejection of Modernism. By Thomas R. H. Havens. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. 312 pp. $38.00 (cloth)". The Journal of Asian Studies. 66 (4): 1167–1169\. doi:10.1017/S0021911807001647.
* Gardner, William O. (2008). "Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-Garde Rejection of Modernism (review)". Monumenta Nipponica. 63 (1): 203–205\. doi:10.1353/mni.0.0015.
* Volk, Alicia (2010). "Radicals and Realists in the Japanese Nonverbal Arts: The Avant-garde Rejection of Modernism (review)". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 36 (2): 363–368\. doi:10.1353/jjs.0.0182.
11. ^ Reviews of Parkscapes include:
* George, Timothy S. (2012). "Parkscapes: Green Spaces in Modern Japan (review)". The Journal of Japanese Studies. 38 (1): 245–248\. doi:10.1353/jjs.2012.0019.
* Kang Cao (September 2014). "Book review: Parkscapes: Green Spaces in Modern Japan". Urban Studies. 51 (12): 2711–2713\. doi:10.1177/0042098014540013. JSTOR 26145897.
12. ^ Reviews for Marathon Japan include:
* Manzenreiter, Wolfram (September 2016). "MARATHON JAPAN: Distance Racing and Civic Culture | By Thomas R.H. Havens". Pacific Affairs. 89 (3): 662–665.
* Hübner, Stefan (2016). "Marathon Japan: Distance Racing and Civic Culture by Thomas R. H. Havens (review)". Monumenta Nipponica. 71 (2): 487–491\. doi:10.1353/mni.2016.0063.
* Kietlinski, Robin (January 2017). "Marathon Japan: Distance Racing and Civic Culture, by Thomas R. H. Havens. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, 2015, 240 pp., $47.00 (ISBN 978-0-8248-4101-0)". Social Science Japan Journal. 20 (1): 160–162\. doi:10.1093/ssjj/jyw050.
* Thompson, Lee (2018). "Marathon Japan: Distance Racing and Civic Culture". Japanese Studies. 38 (1): 125–127\. doi:10.1080/10371397.2018.1440936.
13. ^ Pitt, Jon L. (2021). "Land of Plants in Motion: Japanese Botany and the World by Thomas R. H. Havens (review)". Monumenta Nipponica. 76 (1): 163–167\. doi:10.1353/mni.2021.0003.

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