Robert E. MitchellThe late Robert E. Mitchell spent two decades in social science research and teaching at Columbia University, UC-Berkeley, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Florida State University. He then entered the Foreign Service with long-term postings i the Near East and Africa. After his retirement in 1995, he authored a half dozen non-fiction books and many new social and economic history articles. He lived in Brookline, Massachusetts. Read More Read Less