Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998)
Autore di The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants [2-volume set]
Sull'Autore
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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Henry Steele Commager, 1954 / Photo © ÖNB/Wien
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Opere di Henry Steele Commager
The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants [2-volume set] (1950) 401 copie
The Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants (1958) — A cura di — 390 copie
The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's (1950) — Autore — 231 copie
The Empire of Reason: How Europe Imagined and America Realized the Enlightenment (Phoenix series) (1977) 104 copie
The Blue and the Gray: Volume 1: From the Nomination of Lincoln to the Eve of Gettysburg (1950) 82 copie
Living History: The Civil War the History of the War Between the States in Documents, Essays, Letters, Songs, Poems (2000) 64 copie
Witness to America: Documentary History of the United States from Its Discovery to Modern Times (1997) 33 copie
Treasury of best-loved stories, poems, games, and riddles from St. Nicholas magazine (1978) 20 copie
Immigration and American history : essays in honor of Theodore C. Blegen (1961) — A cura di — 6 copie
The American Destiny Volume 10: The Rise of an Industrial Giant — A cura di — 5 copie
The American Destiny Volume 19: The Unquiet Years — A cura di — 4 copie
The American Destiny Volume 15: The Darkening Horizon — A cura di — 4 copie
The American Destiny Volume 06: A House Dividing — A cura di — 4 copie
Meet the U.S.A. Including a practical guide for academic visitors to the United States (1970) 4 copie
The American Destiny Volume 16: Global War — A cura di — 3 copie
The commonwealth of learning 3 copie
The American Mind 1 copia
Theodore Parker : An anthology 1 copia
THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX. THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AS TOLD BY PARTICIPANTS - VOLUME II 1 copia
The Study of History 1 copia
The West: An Illustrated History 1 copia
Pagine vive di storia americana 1 copia
Theodore Parker 1 copia
SEARCH FOR A USUABLE PAST 1 copia
Theordore Parker: An Anthology 1 copia
Pictorial History Of The World 1 copia
De politiske partier i USA 1 copia
The Great Constitution 1 copia
The Spirit of ‘76 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Other Writings (1758) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 2,441 copie
Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni; Prefazione, alcune edizioni; Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 830 copie
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 549 copie
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Collaboratore — 464 copie
The English People on the Eve of Colonization, 1603-1630 (1954) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 153 copie
Ark of Empire: The American Frontier: 1784-1803 (The Frontier People of America, Vol. 3) (1963) — Prefazione, alcune edizioni — 59 copie
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Collaboratore — 55 copie
American Heritage Magazine Vol 16 No 2 1965 February (1965) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni — 18 copie
Our Day and Generation: The Words of Edward M. Kennedy (1979) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 12 copie
Pictorial History of the World; The Story of Man’s Progress from Prehistoric Times to the Present, Told in 2,000… (1956) — Prefazione — 4 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Altri nomi
- COMMAGER, Henry Steele
- Data di nascita
- 1902-10-25
- Data di morte
- 1998-03-02
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa della morte
- pneumonia
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Chicago (BA|1923|MA|1924|PhD|1928)
- Attività lavorative
- historian
professor - Relazioni
- Commager, Evan (wife)
Commager, Steele (son) - Organizzazioni
- Columbia University
Amherst College
New York University - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1990)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1952)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 108
- Opere correlate
- 27
- Utenti
- 4,081
- Popolarità
- #6,169
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 23
- ISBN
- 173
- Lingue
- 5
- Preferito da
- 3