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American historian and political scientist (born 1922)
William Edward Leuchtenburg (born September 28, 1922) is an American historian. He is the William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ,
[3] and a leading scholar of the life and career of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt .
Career
Leuchtenburg was born in
New York City
[4] on September 28, 1922. On
Ken Burns' documentary series
Prohibition , he described, when he was a child, how his father was reported for operating an illegal
distillery during the
Prohibition Era .
[5] He received his BA degree in 1943 from
Cornell University , where he was inducted into the
Phi Beta Kappa Society. He later received his PhD from
Columbia University in 1951.
[6]
He won the 2007
North Carolina Award for Literature.
[7]
He served as a program consultant for
Ken Burns ' documentary series
Prohibition , which premiered on
PBS in October 2011.
[8]
He is a past president of the
American Historical Association , the
Organization of American Historians , and the
Society of American Historians .
Eric Foner is the only other historian to claim that distinction.
Leuchtenburg
turned 100 on September 28, 2022.
[9]
Bibliography
Leuchtenburg is the author of more than a dozen books on 20th-century history,
[10] including the
Bancroft Prize –winning Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932–1940 (1963), a volume in the
New American Nation series co-edited by his mentor
Henry Steele Commager and
Richard B. Morris . His works include:
"Progressivism and Imperialism: The Progressive Movement and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1916." Mississippi Valley Historical Review 39.3 (1952): 483–504.
online [
dead link ]
"Roosevelt, Norris and the 'Seven Little TVAs'." Journal of Politics 14.3 (1952): 418–441.
Flood Control Politics: The Connecticut River Valley Problem, 1927–1950 (1953)
The Perils of Prosperity, 1914–32 (1958)
ISBN
978-0-226-47371-0
online
The New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People (Introduction) (1961)
The LIFE History of the United States, Volume 11: 1933–1945 – New Deal and Global War (1963)
The LIFE History of the United States, Volume 12: From 1945 – The Great Age of Change (1963)
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932–1940 (1963)
online
"The Origins of Franklin D. Roosevelt's" Court-Packing" Plan." The Supreme Court Review 1966 (1966): 347–400.
The New Deal: A Documentary History (1968)
Growth of the American Republic (2 vols.) with
Samuel Eliot Morison and
Henry Steele Commager (1969)
A Troubled Feast: American Society Since 1945 (1973)
"A Klansman Joins the Court: The Appointment of Hugo L. Black." The University of Chicago Law Review 41 (1973): 1+.
New Deal and Global War (1974)
The Growth of the American Republic (Volume I) with
Samuel Eliot Morison and
Henry Steele Commager (1980)
A Concise History of the American Republic (Single Volume) with Samuel Eliot Morison and
Henry Steele Commager (1983)
In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan (1989; fourth edition, subtitled From Harry Truman to Barack Obama, 2009)
online
The Perils of Prosperity, 1914–1932 (The Chicago History of American Civilization) (1993)
The Supreme Court Reborn: The Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt (1996)
The FDR Years: On Roosevelt and His Legacy (1997)
American Places: Encounters with History (editor) (2000)
That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt with
Robert H. Jackson et al. (2004)
The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson (2005)
The Executive Branch (2006)
Herbert Hoover (The American Presidents Series) (2006)
The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton (2015)
References
^
Mattson, Kevin (2003). "The Historian as a Social Critic: Christopher Lasch and the Uses of History". The History Teacher . 36 (3): 378.
doi :
10.2307/1555694 .
ISSN
1945-2292 .
JSTOR
1555694 .
^
Mattson, Kevin (March 31, 2017).
"An Oracle for Trump's America?" . The Chronicle of Higher Education . Vol. 63, no. 30. Washington.
ISSN
0009-5982 . Retrieved November 19, 2019 .
^
"unctv.org" .
^
"Contemporary Authors: First revision" . Gale Research Company. August 29, 1969 – via Google Books.
^ Prohibition: A film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick , Episode 3: A Nation of Hypocrites, PBS, 2011
^
"William E. Leuchtenburg Papers" . University of North Carolina Archives.
^
"Four with College ties win state's highest civilian honor — College of Arts & Sciences" . college.unc.edu . Archived from
the original on December 1, 2007.
^
"Film & Website Credits" . Prohibition: A film by Ken Burns & Lynn Novick . PBS. Retrieved January 9, 2019 .
^
"Professor Emeritus William Leuchtenburg celebrates 100th Birthday!" .
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved September 28, 2022 .
^
"UNC-CH's William Leuchtenburg helped with Roosevelt dedication" . www.unc.edu . Archived from
the original on October 15, 2004.
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