Robert Corwin Bannister
Robert Corwin Bannister (born June 4, 1935 ) is an American historian .
Bannister was Professor at Swarthmore College in Swarthmore, Philadelphia , until his retirement in 1998 . His focus is on American culture in the 19th and 20th centuries, reform movements and the history of sociology. He is also one of the leading experts on social Darwinism .
Fonts
- Ray Stannard Baker. The Mind and Thought of a Progressive. Yale University Press, 1966.
- as editor: American Values in Transition . Harcourt Brace, 1972.
- Social Darwinism. Science and Myth in Anglo-American Social Thought. Temple University Press, 1979.
- Sociology and Scientism. The American Search for Objectivity 1880-1940. University of North Carolina, 1987.
- Jessie Bernard. The Making of a Feminist. Rutgers University Press, 1991.
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| SURNAME | Bannister, Robert Corwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1935 |