David M. Kennedy (historian)
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David M. Kennedy is an American
Pulitzer Prize
-winning historian
specializing in American history. He is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University
and the Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. Professor Kennedy's scholarship is notable for its integration of economic analysis and cultural analysis
with social history
and political history
.
Kennedy is responsible for the recent editions of the popular history textbook The American Pageant
. He is also the current editor of the Oxford History of United States series. This position was held previously by C. Vann Woodward. Earlier in his career, Kennedy won the Bancroft Prize
for his Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger (1970) and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
for World War I, Over Here: The First World War and American Society (1980). He won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for History
for Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
(1999).
. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
.
According to the jacket copy of The American Pageant, Kennedy is married and is the father of two sons and a daughter.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
specializing in American history. He is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and the Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West. Professor Kennedy's scholarship is notable for its integration of economic analysis and cultural analysis
Cultural analysis
As a discipline, cultural analysis is based on using qualitative research methods of the social sciences, in particular ethnography and anthropology, to collect data on cultural phenomena; in an effort to gain new knowledge or understanding through analysis of that data...
with social history
Social history
Social history, often called the new social history, is a branch of History that includes history of ordinary people and their strategies of coping with life. In its "golden age" it was a major growth field in the 1960s and 1970s among scholars, and still is well represented in history departments...
and political history
Political history
Political history is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders. It is distinct from, but related to, other fields of history such as Diplomatic history, social history, economic history, and military history, as well as constitutional history and public...
.
Kennedy is responsible for the recent editions of the popular history textbook The American Pageant
The American Pageant
The American Pageant, initially written by Thomas A. Bailey, is an American high school history textbook often used for AP United States History, AICE American History as well as IB History of the Americas courses. Since Bailey's death in 1983, the book has been updated by historians David M...
. He is also the current editor of the Oxford History of United States series. This position was held previously by C. Vann Woodward. Earlier in his career, Kennedy won the Bancroft Prize
Bancroft Prize
The Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948 by a bequest from Frederic Bancroft...
for his Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger (1970) and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for World War I, Over Here: The First World War and American Society (1980). He won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for History
Pulitzer Prize for History
The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
for Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written in 1999 by historian David M. Kennedy. It is part of the Oxford History of the United States. The book covers America's coping with the Great Depression and World War II.In 2000,...
(1999).
Biography
Born in Seattle, Kennedy received his A.B. in History from Stanford and MA and PhD from YaleYALE
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. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy’s elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.James Bowdoin, John Adams, and...
.
According to the jacket copy of The American Pageant, Kennedy is married and is the father of two sons and a daughter.
Books
- Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger (1970)
- John Gilmary Shea PrizeJohn Gilmary Shea PrizeThe John Gilmary Shea Prize is an annual award given for the most original and distinguished contribution to knowledge of the history of the Catholic Church. It was won in 2006 by Michael Hayden and Malcolm Greenshields for their book 600 Hundred Years of Reform...
, 1970 - Bancroft PrizeBancroft PrizeThe Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948 by a bequest from Frederic Bancroft...
, 1971
- John Gilmary Shea Prize
- Social Thought in America and Europe, co-editor with Paul A. Robinson (1970)
- Progressivism: The Critical Issues, editor (1971)
- The American People in the Depression (1973)
- The American People in the Age of Kennedy (West Haven: Pendulum Press, 1973)
- The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, co-author with Thomas A. Bailey and Lizabeth Cohen (original 1979), Thirteenth Edition (2006).
- Over Here: The First World War and American Society (1980)
- Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 1981
- Power and Responsibility: Case Studies in American Leadership, co-editor with Michael Parrish (1986)
- The American Spirit: United States History as Seen by Contemporaries, co-editor with Thomas A. BaileyThomas A. BaileyThomas Andrew Bailey was a professor of history at his alma mater, Stanford University, and authored many historical monographs on diplomatic history, including the widely-used American history textbook, The American Pageant...
(1983) - Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book written in 1999 by historian David M. Kennedy. It is part of the Oxford History of the United States. The book covers America's coping with the Great Depression and World War II.In 2000,...
(1999)- Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
, 2000 - Francis ParkmanFrancis ParkmanFrancis Parkman was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as history and especially as literature, although the biases of his...
Prize, 2000 - Ambassador's Prize, 2000
- California Gold Medal for Literature, 2000
- Pulitzer Prize
External links
- Radio interview on Philosophy TalkPhilosophy TalkPhilosophy Talk is a talk radio program co-hosted by John Perry and Ken Taylor, who are professors at Stanford University. The show is also available as a podcast, available for purchase. The program deals both with fundamental problems of philosophy and with the works of famous philosophers,...