David Hackett Fischer
Författare till Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America
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David Hackett Fischer is University Professor and Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He is the author of numerous books, including Washington's Crossing, which won the Pulitzer Prize in history.
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Fairness and Freedom: A History of Two Open Societies, New Zealand and the United States (2012) 86 exemplar
The Revolution of American Conservatism: The Federalist Party in the Era of Jeffersonian Democracy (1965) 29 exemplar
The David Hackett Fischer Set: Consisting of Liberty and Freedom and Washington's Crossing (2005) 7 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Fischer, David Hackett
- Födelsedag
- 1935-12-02
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- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Wayland, Massachusetts, USA
- Utbildning
- Princeton University (BA | History | 1958)
Johns Hopkins University (PhD | History | 1962) - Yrken
- professor
historian - Organisationer
- Brandeis University
American Historical Association
American Antiquarian Society
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Institute of Early American History and Culture
Hakluyt Society (visa alla 8)
Society of the Cincinnati
Century Association - Priser och utmärkelser
- Richard M. Weaver Award (1996)
Irving Kristol Award (2006) - Kort biografi
- David Hackett Fischer is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at Brandeis University.
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The Americans were undermanned and undertrained, but had some advantages too- a committed citizenry, New Jersey residents angry about British military rule, and the vast spaces of American, impossible to fully garrison, along with some lucky breaks with the weather. But fundamentally, George Washington was a highly effective leader and an excellent military strategist and tactician, who knew how to spot an opportunity and seize it.
Good history, well written, and fun.… (mer)