Colfax, David (John)

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COLFAX, David (John)

COLFAX, David (John). Also writes as J. David Colfax. American, b. 1936. Genres: Education, Politics/Government, Urban studies. Career: University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, associate professor, 1963-69; Washington University, St. Louis, MO, associate professor, 1969-72; Colfax Associates, Boonville, CA, partner, 1972-; National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT), Boonville, regional director, 1977-81; Mountain House Press, Philo, CA, publisher and editor, 1988-; 5th District supervisor, Mendocino County, CA, 1999-. Publications: (with M. Colfax) Homeschooling for Excellence, 1987; (ed. with M. Colfax) J. Crepin, La Chevre, 1990; (with M. Colfax) Hard Times in Paradise: An American Family's Struggle to Carve Out a Homestead in California's Redwood Mountains, 1992. AS J. DAVID COLFAX: The Big City Voter: A Study of Political Participation in Chicago, 1964; (with I.L. Allen and H.G. Stetler) Metropolitan Connecticut: A Demographic Profile, 1965; (with Allen) Urban Sample Survey Field Procedures: Materials and Strategies, 1967; (with Allen) The Inner City in Crisis: The Case of Connecticut, 1968; (with Allen) Urban Problems and Public Opinion in Four Connecticut Cities, 1968; (with A.K. Cohen and M.L. Farber) A Panel Discussion of Urban Demonstrations, 1968; (ed. with J.L. Roach) Radical Sociology, 1971. Address: PO Box 246, Boonville, CA 95415, U.S.A.