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Parks M. Coble

Parks M. Coble

James L. Sellers Professor of History

Contact Information:


622 Oldfather Hall
Department of History
Department of History
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Phone: (402) 472-3244
Fax: (402) 472-8839
E-mail: email address


Joined the Department:

August 1976

Parks Coble teaches courses on East Asian history including surveys of general East Asian history and specialized courses on China and Japan. His research field is 20th Century China with special emphasis on the political history of Republican China, the history of Chinese business, and Sino-Japanese interactions. His current works examines the Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 and its legacy.


Expertise:

  • East Asia
  • China

Education:

B.A. 1968 University of South Carolina
M. A. 1971 University of Illinois, Urbana
Ph.D. 1975 University of Illinois, Urbana


Courses Taught:

HIST 181 001 Fall 2009 East Asian Civilization
HIST 480 001 Fall 2009 Social and Economic History of China
HIST 880 001 Fall 2009 Social and Economic History of China
HIST 282 001 Spring 2009 MODERN EAST ASIA
HIST 383 001 Spring 2009 PRE-MODERN CHINA


Books:

Coble, Parks M. Zouxiang zuihou guantou: Zhongguo minzu guojia goujian zhong de Riben yinsu, 1931-1937. Beijing Shehui kexue yuan, 2004, translated by Mao Junya.
Coble, Parks M. Chinese Capitalists in Japan's New Order: The Occupied Lower Yangzi, 1937-1945. University of California Press, 2003.
Coble, Parks M. Facing Japan: Chinese Politics and Japanese Imperialism, 1931-1937. Council on East Asian Studies, Harvard University, 1991.
Coble, Parks M. Zhejiang caifa yu minguo zhengfu, 1927-1937. Nankai daxue chuban she, 1988.
Coble, Parks M. Shanghai ziben jia yu guomin zhengfu. Chinese Academy of Social Sciences Press, 1988.
Coble, Parks M. The Shanghai Capitalists and the Nationalist Government, 1927-1937. Harvard East Asian Monographs, 1980.

Research Grants, Awards, and Fellowships:

Coble, Parks M. "Research on the Sino-Japanese War." Outstanding Research and Creativity Award.

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