- Item #C27X
- ISBN: 093896027X
- ISBN13: 978-0-938960-27-0
- Copyright 1991
- 294 pp.
- Form: Paperback, Trade paperback (US)
- Also available in: Hardback, $44.00
- Price: $24.95
About the Author
Leon E. Clark
Leon E. Clark, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at American University, founded and directed the International Training and Education Program. He worked overseas on development projects for more than 30 years, including assignments with the Ministry of Agriculture in Egypt and the Ministry of Education in Pakistan. He was a Research Fellow at the Yale Divinity School when he died in 2003. He had also been a journalist and an international consultant for over 40 years, working in Asia and Africa.
Leon Clark was the General Editor and Founder of the World Cultures Series, the group of books that presents world cultures to readers through the "eyes" of its own peoples. He personally co-edited Through Middle Eastern Eyes, and was the Editor of both Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Through African Eyes. He was involved in African studies for more than 20 years and lived and work in both East and West Africa.
Throughout his career, Mr. Clark sought to promote greater understanding about the cultures of people in developing countries. He was the author of several books and articles, most notably the World Culture Series, which included Through African Eyes Vol. 1 and Vol. 2, Through Indian Eyes, Through Chinese Eyes, Through Japanese Eyes and Through Middle Eastern Eyes. These works have been used extensively as college and high school textbooks for many years.
Leon Clark was the General Editor and Founder of the World Cultures Series, the group of books that presents world cultures to readers through the "eyes" of its own peoples. He personally co-edited Through Middle Eastern Eyes, and was the Editor of both Volume 1 and Volume 2 of Through African Eyes. He was involved in African studies for more than 20 years and lived and work in both East and West Africa.
Mr. Clark earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Yale in 1961 and 1962 respectively, and held a doctorate in international education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He was a journalist for the U.S. Army and at The Hartford Courant before becoming a teacher in Darien, Connecticut, and a visiting professor at the University of Mysore in India. Prior to joining American University, he served as associate director of the Social Sciences and Humanities Center at Columbia University's Teachers College and as education director of the Population Reference Bureau, associate director of the Government Affairs Institute and a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in Washington, D.C. He retired from American University in 1999.