American historian and political scientist (born 1922)
William Edward Leuchtenburg ( LUCK -tuhn-berg ; 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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