William O. Shanahan

William Oswald Shanahan (born April 26, 1913 in Omaha , Nebraska , † November 29, 1990 in Mount Kisco , New York ) was an American historian specializing in 19th and 20th century German history.

Life

Shanahan studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (BA 1934 and MA 1935) and at Columbia University in New York, where he attended the nationalism seminars of Carlton JH Hayes and received a Ph.D. (Subject: Prussian Army Reform ) acquired.

He taught u. a. at Columbia University, the University of Notre Dame (as Associate Professor of History) in Notre Dame, Indiana, Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon. Most recently he was Professor of History at Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York .

He was also involved in the American Council of Learned Societies and was a member of the board of the American Committee for the Study of War Documents, recognized as a committee by the American Historical Association .

His works Prussian Military Reforms, 1786-1813 and German Protestants Face the Social Question were received extremely positively in the professional world, and his study on the liberal Reichstag deputy Friedrich Naumann received attention.

Shanahan, a Jesuit , was married with three children; he last lived in Katonah , New York.

Fonts (selection)

Prussian Military Reforms, 1786-1813 (= Studies in History, Economics and Public Law . 520). Columbia University Press, New York 1945.
German Protestants Face the Social Question . Volume 1: The Conservative Phase 1815-1871 . University of Notre Dame Press, Notre Dame 1954.

German translation from English by Dieter Voll with the assistance of Wolf-Dieter Marsch : German Protestantism before the social question 1815–1871 . Kaiser, Munich 1962.

with Michael Palumbo (Ed.): Nationalism: Essays in Honor of Louis L. Snyder (= Contributions to the Study of Science Fiction & Fantasy . 65). With a foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger , Greenwood Press, Westport 1981, ISBN 0-313-23176-1 .

literature

Louis L. Snyder : Encyclopedia of Nationalism . Paragon, New York 1990, ISBN 1-55778-167-2 , p. 366.
William O. Shanahan, professor, 77 . In: The New York Times , December 11, 1990, p. 16.

Individual evidence

^ The American Committee for the Study of War Documents program . In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 4 (1956) 4, pp. 427–428, here: p. 428.
↑ cf. Stefan T. Possony : Prussian Military Reforms . In: The Review of Politics 9 (1947) 2, pp. 268-271; Hans Rothfels : Prussian Military Reforms, 1786-1813 by William O. Shanahan . In: The American Historical Review 52 (1946) 1, pp. 117-118; Alfred Vagts : Prussian Military Reforms, 1786-1813 by William O. Shanahan . In: The Journal of Modern History 18 (1946) 3, pp. 270-271.
↑ cf. E. Theodore Bachmann : German Protestants Face the Social Question, Vol. I: The Conservative Phase, 1815-1871 by William O. Shanahan . In: The Journal of Religion 38 (1958) 1, p. 75; Louis Filler : German Protestants Face the Social Question: Volume I: The Conservative Phase, 1815-1871 by William O. Shanahan . In: The Wisconsin Magazine of History 39 (1956) 3, p. 216; Fritz Fischer : German Protestants face the Social Question by William O. Shanahan . In: Historische Zeitschrift 180 (1955) 2, pp. 335-340; Siegfried Jopp : William O. Shanahan: "The German Protestantism before the social question 1815-1871", Christian Kaiser-Verlag, Munich, 1962, 491 S.: [Review] . In: Archiv für Sozialgeschichte 4 (1964), pp. 675–677; Raymond J. Maras : German Protestants Face the Social Question. The Conservative Phase, 1815-71 by William O. Shanahan . In: The Catholic Historical Review 41 (1955) 2, pp. 169-170; Koppel S. Pinson : German Protestants Face the Social Question. Volume I, The Conservative Phase, 1815-1871 by William O. Shanahan . In: The American Historical Review 60 (1955) 3, pp. 604-605; Mulford Q. Sibley : German Protestants Face the Social Question by William O. Shanahan . In: The Western Political Quarterly 8 (1955) 1, pp. 141-142.
↑ Theodor Schieder : Latest History (1871-1945) . In: Historische Zeitschrift 173 (1952) 2, pp. 431–433, here: p. 433.
^ Annette Kuhn : The German Protestantism before the social question 1815-1871 by William O. Shanahan . In: Historische Zeitschrift 197 (1963) 3, pp. 641–643, here: p. 641.

personal data
SURNAME	Shanahan, William O.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Shanahan, William Oswald (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American historian
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Omaha , Nebraska
DATE OF DEATH	November 29, 1990
Place of death	Mount Kisco , New York

[1] The American Committee for the Study of War Documents program . In: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte 4 (1956) 4, pp. 427–428, here: p. 428.

[2] . Stefan T. Possony : Prussian Military Reforms . In: The Review of Politics 9 (1947) 2, pp. 268-271; Hans Rothfels : Prussian Military Reforms, 1786-1813 by William O. Shanahan . In: The American Historical Review 52 (1946) 1, pp. 117-118; Alfred Vagts : Prussian Military Reforms, 1786-1813 by William O. Shanahan . In: The Journal of Modern History 18 (1946) 3, pp. 270-271.

[3] . E. Theodore Bachmann : German Protestants Face the Social Question, Vol. I: The Conservative Phase, 1815-1871 by William O. Shanahan . In: The Journal of Religion 38 (1958) 1, p. 75; Louis Filler : German Protestants Face the Social Question: Volume I: The Conservative Phase, 1815-1871 by William O. Shanahan . In: The Wisconsin Magazine of History 39 (1956) 3, p. 216; Fritz Fischer : German Protestants face the Social Question by William O. Shanahan . In: Historische Zeitschrift 180 (1955) 2, pp. 335-340; Siegfried Jopp : William O. Shanahan: "The German Protestantism before the social question 1815-1871", Christian Kaiser-Verlag, Munich, 1962, 491 S.: [Review] . In: Archiv für Sozialgeschichte 4 (1964), pp. 675–677; Raymond J. Maras : German Protestants Face the Social Question. The Conservative Phase, 1815-71 by William O. Shanahan . In: The Catholic Historical Review 41 (1955) 2, pp. 169-170; Koppel S. Pinson : German Protestants Face the Social Question. Volume I, The Conservative Phase, 1815-1871 by William O. Shanahan . In: The American Historical Review 60 (1955) 3, pp. 604-605; Mulford Q. Sibley : German Protestants Face the Social Question by William O. Shanahan . In: The Western Political Quarterly 8 (1955) 1, pp. 141-142.

[4] Theodor Schieder : Latest History (1871-1945) . In: Historische Zeitschrift 173 (1952) 2, pp. 431–433, here: p. 433.

[5] Annette Kuhn : The German Protestantism before the social question 1815-1871 by William O. Shanahan . In: Historische Zeitschrift 197 (1963) 3, pp. 641–643, here: p. 641.