Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998)
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Henry Steele Commager was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on October 25, 1902. He was educated at the University of Chicago. He taught history at New York University, Columbia University, and Amherst College. In addition to lecturing at many universities throughout the world, he was Harmsworth visa mer Professor at Oxford University and Pitt Professor at Cambridge University, where he was also an honorary fellow at Peterhouse College. His writings range widely over such topics as education, the Civil War, civil liberties, the Enlightenment, and immigration. Many of his books reflect his keen interest in constitutional history and civil liberties. He was also a documentarian, who has said to consider Documents of American History (1934), the 1988 edition of which he coedited with Milton Cantor, to be his most significant contribution. He died on March 2, 1998. (Bowker Author Biography) Henry Steele Commager was a well-known American historian who taught at New York University, Columbia, and Amherst. His many books won numerous prizes. He died in 1998 at age ninety-five. (Publisher Provided) visa färre
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Verk av Henry Steele Commager
The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants [2-volume set] (1950) 397 exemplar
The Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants (1958) — Redaktör — 390 exemplar
The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's (1950) — Författare — 232 exemplar
The Empire of Reason: How Europe Imagined and America Realized the Enlightenment (Phoenix series) (1977) 103 exemplar
The Blue and the Gray: Volume 1: From the Nomination of Lincoln to the Eve of Gettysburg (1950) 82 exemplar
Living History: The Civil War the History of the War Between the States in Documents, Essays, Letters, Songs, Poems (2000) 63 exemplar
Witness to America: Documentary History of the United States from Its Discovery to Modern Times (1997) 33 exemplar
Treasury of best-loved stories, poems, games, and riddles from St. Nicholas magazine (1978) 20 exemplar
Immigration and American history : essays in honor of Theodore C. Blegen (1961) — Redaktör — 6 exemplar
The American Destiny Volume 10: The Rise of an Industrial Giant — Redaktör — 5 exemplar
The American Destiny Volume 19: The Unquiet Years — Redaktör — 4 exemplar
The American Destiny Volume 15: The Darkening Horizon — Redaktör — 4 exemplar
The American Destiny Volume 06: A House Dividing — Redaktör — 4 exemplar
Meet the U.S.A. Including a practical guide for academic visitors to the United States (1970) 4 exemplar
The American Destiny Volume 16: Global War — Redaktör — 3 exemplar
The commonwealth of learning 3 exemplar
Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Tarihi 2 exemplar
Lester Ward and the Welfare State. 1 exemplar
The American Mind 1 exemplar
Theodore Parker : An anthology 1 exemplar
The Blue & The Grey ( Civil War ) 1 exemplar
THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX. THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AS TOLD BY PARTICIPANTS - VOLUME II 1 exemplar
The Study of History 1 exemplar
America: A History of the First 500 Years 1 exemplar
The West: An Illustrated History 1 exemplar
Pagine vive di storia americana 1 exemplar
The Story of America The New Nation 1 exemplar
Theodore Parker 1 exemplar
SEARCH FOR A USUABLE PAST 1 exemplar
Theordore Parker: An Anthology 1 exemplar
Pictorial History Of The World 1 exemplar
De politiske partier i USA 1 exemplar
The Great Constitution 1 exemplar
História dos Estados Unidos da América 1 exemplar
The Spirit of ‘76 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Other Writings (1758) — Inledning, vissa utgåvor — 2,426 exemplar
Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910) — Förord, vissa utgåvor; Förord, vissa utgåvor; Inledning, vissa utgåvor — 827 exemplar
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 548 exemplar
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Bidragsgivare — 463 exemplar
The English People on the Eve of Colonization, 1603-1630 (1954) — Inledning, vissa utgåvor — 154 exemplar
Ark of Empire: The American Frontier: 1784-1803 (The Frontier People of America, Vol. 3) (1963) — Förord, vissa utgåvor — 59 exemplar
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Bidragsgivare — 55 exemplar
American Heritage Magazine Vol 16 No 2 1965 February (1965) — Bidragsgivare, vissa utgåvor — 17 exemplar
Our Day and Generation: The Words of Edward M. Kennedy (1979) — Redaktör, vissa utgåvor — 12 exemplar
Pictorial History of the World; The Story of Man’s Progress from Prehistoric Times to the Present, Told in 2,000… (1956) — Förord — 4 exemplar
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- Andra namn
- COMMAGER, Henry Steele
- Födelsedag
- 1902-10-25
- Avled
- 1998-03-02
- Begravningsplats
- Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dödsort
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Dödsorsak
- pneumonia
- Bostadsorter
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Utbildning
- University of Chicago (BA|1923|MA|1924|PhD|1928)
- Yrken
- historian
professor - Relationer
- Commager, Evan (wife)
Commager, Steele (son) - Organisationer
- Columbia University
Amherst College
New York University - Priser och utmärkelser
- Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1990)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1952)
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- Verk
- 108
- Även av
- 27
- Medlemmar
- 4,066
- Popularitet
- #6,192
- Betyg
- 3.9
- Recensioner
- 23
- ISBN
- 173
- Språk
- 5
- Favoritmärkt
- 3