Eric N. Danielson

Eric N. Danielson studied Journalism at Western Washington University in Bellingham from 1981 to 1984, and later graduated from the University of Washington in Seattle with a Bachelor's degree in History in 1988. He completed his Master's degree in History at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. in 1994. After earning his teaching certificate in Washington, D.C. in 1997 he received an offer to teach at a small business college in Shanghai in 1998 and has lived there ever since.

During his two decades of living in China, Eric has traveled widely throughout the country, including rural areas and small towns seldom visited by foreigners. His eyewitness investigations, guerrilla photography, and historic research into little known local publications have resulted in the publication of numerous books and journal articles about China.

In 2001 he was the co-author of the sixth edition of the Odyssey guide to the Yangzi River, and was responsible for the chapters on Shanghai, Nanjing, and Wuhan. Between 2003 and 2005 he was the author of a series of books called the New Yangzi River Trilogy, which covered the major Chinese cities of Shanghai, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, as well as all the villages, towns, temples and mountains in between. The series also included long topical sections on Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. The New Yangzi River series received rave reviews from periodicals such as That's Shanghai, City Weekend, Shanghai Talk, and Nanjing's Map magazine. Discover Shanghai (2010) was Eric's fifth book about China.

After seven years of focusing on blogging and online publishing, Eric resumed publishing books again in 2017 with a string of five new titles that came out late in the year, including books on Suzhou; Yangzhou; the Northern Song Dynasty Imperial Tombs in Gongyi, Henan; the Ming Dynasty Ancestors Tomb in Xuyi, Huaian, Jiangsu; and the Southern Dynasties Imperial Tombs in Danyang, Jiangsu. In 2017 Eric also received the return of the copyright to all four of his titles that had previously been published by Times Media/Marshal Cavendish in Singapore, but which had been long out of print, causing the asking price for these rare titles to reach as high as $300 each.

Eric has written journal articles about China for the Royal Asiatic Society and the China Heritage Quarterly, covering topics such as Buddhist temples, imperial tombs, Chongqing as the Guomindang's wartime capital during WWII, and the rediscovery of China's lost libraries which temporarily vanished after 1949. He also served as a guest editor for the weekly newspaper the Shanghai Star.

With his deep knowledge of China's long history and fascinating culture, Eric's written works make the perfect guide for any overseas visitor to China hoping to make the most of their short time there. He is a cultural intermediary who can explain the mysteries of the Chinese enigma to the English speaking world in a way they can easily understand.

In 2018 Eric looks forward to continuing to publish new titles on Chinese history, culture and travel, as well as reissuing updated editions of his previously out-of-print works on China, and has started work on the first volume of his memoirs.

Book Publications by Eric N. Danielson:

Ming Zuling: The Ming Dynasty Ancestors Tomb (China's Imperial Tombs Volume 2), CreateSpace, December 2017. (All photos, research and text by me.) 152 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1981229819.

Danyang: The Southern Dynasties Imperial Tombs (China's Imperial Tombs Volume 1)

Nov 20, 2017, CreateSpace, November 2017. (All photos, research and text by me.) 170pp. ISBN-13: 978-1979916394.

Gongyi: The Northern Song Imperial Tombs (China's Imperial Tombs Volume 3), CreateSpace, October 2017. (All photos, research and text by me.) 466 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1978075030.

Suzhou: Epicenter of the Grand Canal (China's Grand Canal Volume 2), CreateSpace, October 2017. (All photos, research and text by me.) 302 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1977974402.

Yangzhou: A Former Rival of Suzhou (China's Grand Canal Volume 3), CreateSpace, October 2017. (All photos, research and text by me.) 68 pp. ISBN-13: 978-1977899170.

Discover Shanghai: The City's History and Culture Redefined, Singapore: Marshall Cavendish, 2010. 178 pp. (All photos, research and text by me.) ISBN#978-981-261-782-8. Available at http://www.amazon.com

Shanghai and the Yangzi Delta, From Past to Present, The New Yangzi River Trilogy, Vol. I, Singapore: Times Editions/Marshall Cavendish, 2004. 336 pages. (All photos, research and text by me.) ISBN# 981-232-597-2

Available at http://www.amazon.com

Nanjing and the Lower Yangzi, From Past to Present, The New Yangzi River Trilogy, Vol. II, Singapore: Times Editions/Marshall Cavendish, 2004. 472 pages. (All photos, research and text by me.) ISBN# 981-232-598-0.

Available at http://www.amazon.com

The Three Gorges and The Upper Yangzi, From Past to Present, The New Yangzi River Trilogy, Vol. III, Singapore: Times Editions/Marshall Cavendish, 2005. 430 pages. (All photos, research and text by me.) ISBN# 981-232-599-9 Available at http://www.amazon.com

The Yangzi River and The Three Gorges, Sixth Edition, Hong Kong: Odyssey Guides, 2001. (Contributed 100 pages of new content to a guide originally written by Judy Bonavia in 1985, including the chapters on Shanghai, Nanjing and Wuhan.) 212 pages. ISBN# 962-217-694-1.

Available at http://www.amazon.com

The Historic Roots of the Recent Balkan Conflict, Washington D.C.: George Washington University Press, 1996.

Journal Articles and Periodicals by Eric N. Danielson:

Eric N. Danielson, "The Ming Ancestor Tomb," China Heritage Quarterly, No. 16, December 2008. (Online journal published by Australia National University at http://www.chinaheritagequarterly.org)

Eric N. Danielson, "Chongqing Revisited: China's WWII Temporary Wartime Capital," Hong Kong: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch, Vol. 45, 2005 (2007).

Eric N. Danielson, "Shanghai's Lost Libraries Rediscovered," Hong Kong: Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, Hong Kong Branch, Vol. 44, 2004 (2006), pp.83-90. Expanded and revised version of the above.

Eric N. Danielson, "Shanghai's Lost Libraries Rediscovered," London.U.K.: Newsletter of the Royal Asiatic Society, 2006.

Eric N. Danielson, "How Old is Shanghai's Longhua Temple?" Hong Kong: Journal of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, Vol. 43, 2003 (2006).

Eric N. Danielson, Essay on the anniversary of Lu Xun's death, Beijing: City Weekend magazine, Vol. 5, Issue 22, November 11, 2004.

Eric N. Danielson, "The Historic Roots of the Present Balkan Conflict," The Arab Journal of International Affairs, Washington, D.C., 1994.

The South Slav Journal, London, U.K. Various issues in the 1990s

Kurdistan Times, Washington, D.C. Various issues in the 1990s.