Karl August Wittfogel was born in 1896.

Karl August Wittfogel died in 1988.

Scholars such as Julian H. Steward and Karl August Wittfogel have seen the management of irrigation as a crucial factor in the development of many early states (hydraulic empires)

Karl August Wittfogel has written:

'History of Chinese society' -- subject(s): History, Social life and customs

'New light on Chinese culture' -- subject(s): Economic conditions, Social conditions

'Agriculture: a key to the understanding of Chinese society, past and present' -- subject(s): Agriculture, Agriculture and state, Economic aspects of Agriculture, Rural conditions

'Staatliches Konzentrationslager VII' -- subject(s): Concentration camps, Fiction

'Der mann der eine idee hat'

'History of Chinese society: Liao, 907-1125'

'New light on Chinese society' -- subject(s): Economic conditions, Social conditions

Karl August Ramsay died in 1855.