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Karl August Wittfogel
German-American academic (1896–1988)
Details
- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 6 September 1896
- Died
- 25 May 1988
- Place of birth
- Woltersdorf
- Place of death
- New York City
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Wittfogel
- Spouse
- Esther Schiff Goldfrank
- Field of work
- history of China, drama, history, sinology
- Occupation
- sociologist, sinologist, historian, geopolitical analyst, economist, university teacher, playwright, social scientist
- Citizenship
- Germany, United States
- academic degree
- Doctor of Philosophy
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- Goethe University Frankfurt, Leipzig University
- member of political party
- Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany, Communist Party of Germany
- name in native language
- Karl August Wittfogel
- notable work
- Oriental Despotism
- place of detention
- Emslandlager
Connected on Wikidata
Author of
- Oriental Despotism
- An Atlas of Current Affairs
- Ann Vickers
- Fräulein Tschang. Ein chinesisches Mädchen von heute
- Good Earth
- Das Eigentum auf den ältesten Stufen der Menschheit
- La Chine
- Laws of Social Evolution and Social Ideals
- Race, Language and Culture
- The Birth of China
- The Great Tradition
- The Social Basis of the German Reformation
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