Gregory Smits

Gregory James Smits (born 1960) is an American historian, academic, writer and Japan studies expert.  He is a professor of Japanese history at Pennsylvania State University.Pennsylvania State University,  "Gregory James Smits" ; retrieved 2013-3-22.

Early life
Smits was born 1960 in Columbia, Missouri.  He was earned an undergraduate degree at the University of Florida in 1983.  He was awarded a Master's degree at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  He was granted a Ph.D. at the University of Southern California.

Select works
In an overview of writings by and about Smits, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 8 works in 15+ publications in 2 languages and 1,100+ library holdings. WorldCat Identities:  Smits, Gregory 1960-  

 The sages' scale in Japan: Nakae Tōju (1608-1648) and situational weighing, 1991
 Visions of Ryukyu identity and ideology in early-modern thought and politics, 1999
 Jahana Noboru: Ikinawan activist and scholar, 2002 
 The politics of culture in early twentieth century Okinawa, 2006
 Economic thought in early modern Japan, 2010

References

 Other websites 
  Smits faculty website 

Category:American Japanologists
Category:Living people
Category:1960 births
Category:American historians