Richard Hofstadter - Wikipedia
WebRichard Hofstadter, one of the leading historians of American affairs, died yesterday of leukemia at Mount Sinai Hospital at the age of 54. He was DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University and twice …
Richard Hofstadter | Pulitzer Prize, Political Sociology & Historian ...
WebRichard Hofstadter (born Aug. 6, 1916, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.—died Oct. 24, 1970, New York City) was a U.S. historian whose popular books on the political, social, and intellectual trends in U.S. history garnered two Pulitzer Prizes. He studied at the University of Buffalo (B.A., 1937) and Columbia University (M.A., 1938; Ph.D., 1942).
Richard Hofstadter | Encyclopedia.com
WebMay 23, 2018 · American historian Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970) won two Pulitzer prizes in recognition of his leading role in reinterpreting United States history during the post-World War II period. Richard Hofstadter was born on August 6, 1916, in Buffalo, New York .
A Moment For Historian Richard Hofstadter on Anti-Intellectualism
WebColumbia University professor Richard Hofstadter (1916-1970), one of the preeminent historians of the 20th century, is the subject of a series published by the Library of America that’s edited by Sean Wilentz, Princeton’s George Henry …
Richard Hofstadter - Columbia University
WebHis American Political Tradition (1948), an enduring classic, remains today a standard work in both college and high-school history classes and has been read by millions outside the academy. After earning his MA and PhD from Columbia, Hofstadter joined the faculty in …
Richard Hofstadter's Tradition - The Atlantic
WebNov 1, 1998 · He is the author of Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency, among other works and is currently writing a biography of John Lewis. Fifty years ago, amid trying personal ...
The Education of Richard Hofstadter - The New York Times
WebAug. 6, 2006. At his death in 1970, Richard Hofstadter was probably this country’s most renowned historian, best known as the originator of the “consensus” school, whose measured siftings of ...
Richard Hofstadter: An Intellectual Biography, Brown
WebRichard Hofstadter (1916-70) was America’s most distinguished historian of the twentieth century. The author of several groundbreaking books, including The American Political Tradition, he was a vigorous champion of the liberal …
Richard Hofstadter: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, The …
WebRichard Hofstadter’s Anti-Intellectualism in American Life and The Paranoid Style in American Politics are two essential works that lay bare the worrying trends of irrationalism, demagoguery, destructive populism, and conspiratorial thinking that have long influenced American politics and culture.
Richard Hofstadter - The University of Chicago Press
WebRichard Hofstadter’s career as a professional historian paralleled the heyday of twentieth-century liberalism (1933-68). Tracing his life reveals a complex tapestry of internal and external motivations that merged to produce a uniquely insightful mind, alert to the promise and perils of American democracy.
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