Alan Dawley (December 18, 1943[1] – March 12, 2008) was a professor of history at The College of New Jersey.
Dawley was a 1965 graduate of Oberlin College, and completed his M.A. (1966) and Ph.D. (1971) at Harvard University.[1] He then joined the faculty of The College of New Jersey.
He received the Bancroft Prize in 1977 for his book Class and Community.[2]
He wrote mainly on the US Progressive Era. He died in Mexico on March 12, 2008, of a heart attack.[3]
Selected bibliography
edit- Class and Community: The Industrial Revolution in Lynn. (Harvard University Press, 1976) Winner of the Bancroft Prize.
- Working for Democracy: American Workers from the Revolution to the Present. (co-editor with Paul Buhle) (University of Illinois Press, 1985)
- Struggles for Justice: Social Responsibility and the Liberal State. (Harvard University Press, 1991)
- Changing the World: American Progressives in War and Revolution, 1914-1924. (Princeton University Press, 2003)
References
edit- ^ a b Alan Dawley. Detroit: Gale. 2004.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "The Bancroft Prizes". Columbia University Libraries. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ^ "Alan Dawley, historian and activist, dies at 64". April 7, 2008. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
External links
edit- Dawley's Home Page where you can find a complete (as of 2003) bibliography.
- Dawley's Page at the TCNJ History Dept.