David M. Kennedy (historian)

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David Michael Kennedy (born July 22, 1941 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American historian . He is a professor at Stanford University .

biography

In 1963 he graduated from Stanford University with a BA degree. From Yale University he earned a master's and later a doctorate. He has taught at Stanford University since 1967, and since 1993 as Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History. He is also Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society .

As a historian, he specializes in American history. He has received numerous awards for his work , including the Pulitzer Prize for History in 2000 for his work Freedom From Fear .

Works

  • Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger (1970). The book won the Bancroft Prize in 1971.
  • Social Thought in America and Europe , with A. Robinson, (1970)
  • Progressivism: The Critical Issues , (1971)
  • The American People in the Depression (1973)
  • The American People in the Age of Kennedy (1973)
  • The American Pageant: A History of the Republic , with Thomas A. Bailey and Lizabeth Cohen (first edition 1979), 13th edition (2006).
  • Over Here: The First World War and American Society (1980). The book became a 1981 Pulitzer Prize finalist.
  • Power and Responsibility: Case Studies in American Leadership , with Michael Parrish (1986)
  • The American Spirit: United States History as Seen by Contemporaries , with Thomas A. Bailey (1983)
  • Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (1999). The book won the Pulitzer Prize, the Francis Parkman Prize, the Ambassador's Prize, and the California Gold Medal for Literature in 2000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Pulitzer Prices Board Members: David M. Kennedy . Columbia University. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  2. ^ People> Faculty: David M. Kennedy . Stanford University. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  3. ^ The 2000 Pulitzer Prize Winners: History . The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Kennedy, David M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kennedy, David Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Seattle , Washington