Henry Steele Commager (1902–1998)
Autor de The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants [2-volume set]
Sobre El Autor
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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos
Créditos de la imagen: Henry Steele Commager, 1954 / Photo © ÖNB/Wien
Series
Obras de Henry Steele Commager
The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants [2-volume set] (1950) 401 copias
The Spirit of Seventy-Six: The Story of the American Revolution As Told by Participants (1958) — Editor — 390 copias
The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's (1950) — Autor — 231 copias
The Empire of Reason: How Europe Imagined and America Realized the Enlightenment (Phoenix series) (1977) 104 copias
The Blue and the Gray: Volume 1: From the Nomination of Lincoln to the Eve of Gettysburg (1950) 82 copias
Living History: The Civil War the History of the War Between the States in Documents, Essays, Letters, Songs, Poems (2000) 64 copias
Witness to America: Documentary History of the United States from Its Discovery to Modern Times (1997) 33 copias
Treasury of best-loved stories, poems, games, and riddles from St. Nicholas magazine (1978) 20 copias
The American Destiny Volume 10: The Rise of an Industrial Giant — Editor — 5 copias
The American Destiny Volume 19: The Unquiet Years — Editor — 4 copias
The American Destiny Volume 15: The Darkening Horizon — Editor — 4 copias
The American Destiny Volume 06: A House Dividing — Editor — 4 copias
Meet the U.S.A. Including a practical guide for academic visitors to the United States (1970) 4 copias
The American Destiny Volume 16: Global War — Editor — 3 copias
The commonwealth of learning 3 copias
Amerika Birleşik Devletleri Tarihi 2 copias
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
Obras relacionadas
Twenty Years at Hull-House (1910) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones; Prólogo, algunas ediciones; Introducción, algunas ediciones — 831 copias
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 549 copias
A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (1985) — Contribuidor — 464 copias
The English People on the Eve of Colonization, 1603-1630 (1954) — Introducción, algunas ediciones — 153 copias
Ark of Empire: The American Frontier: 1784-1803 (The Frontier People of America, Vol. 3) (1963) — Prólogo, algunas ediciones — 59 copias
Gentlemen, Scholars and Scoundrels: A Treasury of the Best of Harper's Magazine from 1850 to the Present (1959) — Contribuidor — 55 copias
American Heritage Magazine Vol 16 No 2 1965 February (1965) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 18 copias
Our Day and Generation: The Words of Edward M. Kennedy (1979) — Editor, algunas ediciones — 12 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- COMMAGER, Henry Steele
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1902-10-25
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1998-03-02
- Lugar de sepultura
- Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- pneumonia
- Lugares de residencia
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Educación
- University of Chicago (BA|1923|MA|1924|PhD|1928)
- Ocupaciones
- historian
professor - Relaciones
- Commager, Evan (wife)
Commager, Steele (son) - Organizaciones
- Columbia University
Amherst College
New York University - Premios y honores
- Bruce Catton Prize for Lifetime Achievement (1990)
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1952)
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- Obras
- 108
- También por
- 27
- Miembros
- 4,080
- Popularidad
- #6,170
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 23
- ISBNs
- 173
- Idiomas
- 5
- Favorito
- 3