14 Facts About Burton Stein

Burton Stein was an American historian, whose area of specialization was India.

Burton Stein was an unusual case in that he never completed a bachelor's degree.

Burton Stein was admitted directly into a Master of Arts program at the University of Chicago, finishing his masters in 1954 under the supervision of Robert Crane.

Burton Stein then married the author Dorothy Stein and moved to the University of Hawaii where he stayed for 17 years until 1983.

Burton Stein held visiting professorships at the University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania, University of Washington, University of California, Berkeley and the Centre for Historical Studies of Jawaharlal Nehru University.

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Burton Stein moved to London serving as a Professorial Research Associate of the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.

Burton Stein was known for his wide-ranging participation in seminars and other South Asian scholarly work.

Burton Stein continued to write prolifically in his retirement and continued to spend significant amounts of time consulting with students and other scholars.

Burton Stein was known for his dry sense of humour and usually responded to student questioning by posing counterquestions.

Burton Stein spent the early 1960s formulating a hypothesis about the nature of "state" in South India.

Burton Stein was skeptical of the existence of a system of bureaucracy in the Chola Dynasty.

Burton Stein delved into the theory of tribal society and referred to the work of Aidan Southall, "The Illusion of Tribe".

Burton Stein published his first book, Peasant, State and Society in Medieval South India with the theme of segmentary lineage.

Burton Stein was an active advisor on the project, which resulted in the publications of A Historical Atlas of South Asia, published by the University of Chicago Press in 1978.