American historian
Theodore Saloutos (August 3, 1910 – November 15, 1980) was an American historian. His areas of research included agrarian politics and reform movements, immigration studies, and Greek immigration to the United States[1]
Early life
Saloutos was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 3, 1910. His parents were immigrants from Greece.[2]
Education
Saloutos was awarded a BA in 1933 from Milwaukee State Teacher’s College. He took a Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin.[1]
Employment
Early in his career Saloutos taught at Oberlin College.
In 1945 he gained a post as lecturer in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, becoming a full professor in 1955. He stayed there until his retirement.[1]
Between 1965 and 1966 he was president of the Agriculture History Society. In 1973 he was elected president of the Immigration History Society.[1]
Selected publications
- (1951) Twentieth Century Populism: Agricultural Discontent in the Middle West, 1900-1939 with John D. Hicks. See online copy
- (1964) Farmer movements in the South, 1865-1933 online
- (1964) The Greeks of the United States
- (1968) Populism: Reaction or Reform?
- (1982) The American Farmer and the New Deal[1]
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