Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998)
Forfatter af The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants [2-volume set]
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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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
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Værker af Henry Steele Commager
The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants [2-volume set] (1950) 399 eksemplarer
The Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants (1958) — Redaktør — 390 eksemplarer
The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's (1950) — Forfatter — 231 eksemplarer
The Empire of Reason: How Europe Imagined and America Realized the Enlightenment (Phoenix series) (1977) 104 eksemplarer
The Blue and the Gray: Volume 1: From the Nomination of Lincoln to the Eve of Gettysburg (1950) 82 eksemplarer
Living History: The Civil War the History of the War Between the States in Documents, Essays, Letters, Songs, Poems (2000) 64 eksemplarer
Witness to America: Documentary History of the United States from Its Discovery to Modern Times (1997) 33 eksemplarer
Treasury of best-loved stories, poems, games, and riddles from St. Nicholas magazine (1978) 20 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 02: The War of Independence 10 eksemplarer
Immigration and American history : essays in honor of Theodore C. Blegen (1961) — Redaktør — 6 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 10: The Rise of an Industrial Giant — Redaktør — 5 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 19: The Unquiet Years — Redaktør — 4 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 15: The Darkening Horizon — Redaktør — 4 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 11: Progress and Poverty 4 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 06: A House Dividing — Redaktør — 4 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 12: Making the World Safe for Democracy (1976) — Redaktør — 4 eksemplarer
Meet the U.S.A. Including a practical guide for academic visitors to the United States (1970) 4 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 16: Global War — Redaktør — 3 eksemplarer
A Picture History of the United States of America 3 eksemplarer
The American Destiny Volume 04: The American Character 3 eksemplarer
The commonwealth of learning 3 eksemplarer
Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Tarihi 2 eksemplarer
Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples 2 eksemplarer
Mort Kuenstler's 50 Epic Paintings of America 2 eksemplarer
Freedom of religion & separation of church and state 2 eksemplarer
Lester Ward and the Welfare State. 1 eksemplar
The American Mind 1 eksemplar
Theodore Parker : An anthology 1 eksemplar
The Blue & The Grey ( Civil War ) 1 eksemplar
THE SPIRIT OF SEVENTY-SIX. THE STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION AS TOLD BY PARTICIPANTS - VOLUME II 1 eksemplar
The Study of History 1 eksemplar
America: A History of the First 500 Years 1 eksemplar
The West: An Illustrated History 1 eksemplar
Pagine vive di storia americana 1 eksemplar
The Story of America The New Nation 1 eksemplar
Theodore Parker 1 eksemplar
SEARCH FOR A USUABLE PAST 1 eksemplar
Theordore Parker: An Anthology 1 eksemplar
Pictorial History Of The World 1 eksemplar
De politiske partier i USA 1 eksemplar
The Great Constitution 1 eksemplar
História dos Estados Unidos da América 1 eksemplar
The Spirit of ‘76 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Other Writings (1758) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 2,440 eksemplarer
Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 (1988) — Introduktion — 1,367 eksemplarer
Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910) — Forord, nogle udgaver; Forord, nogle udgaver; Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 831 eksemplarer
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 549 eksemplarer
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Bidragyder — 464 eksemplarer
The English People on the Eve of Colonization, 1603-1630 (1954) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver — 153 eksemplarer
Ark of Empire: The American Frontier: 1784-1803 (The Frontier People of America, Vol. 3) (1963) — Forord, nogle udgaver — 59 eksemplarer
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Bidragyder — 55 eksemplarer
American Heritage Magazine Vol 16 No 2 1965 February (1965) — Bidragyder, nogle udgaver — 18 eksemplarer
Our Day and Generation: The Words of Edward M. Kennedy (1979) — Redaktør, nogle udgaver — 12 eksemplarer
Pictorial History of the World; The Story of Man’s Progress from Prehistoric Times to the Present, Told in 2,000… (1956) — Forord — 4 eksemplarer
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- Andre navne
- COMMAGER, Henry Steele
- Fødselsdato
- 1902-10-25
- Dødsdag
- 1998-03-02
- Begravelsessted
- Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Dødssted
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Dødsårsag
- pneumonia
- Bopæl
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Uddannelse
- University of Chicago (BA|1923|MA|1924|PhD|1928)
- Erhverv
- historian
professor - Relationer
- Commager, Evan (wife)
Commager, Steele (son) - Organisationer
- Columbia University
Amherst College
New York University - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1990)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1952)
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