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Daniel T. Rodgers

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Daniel T. Rodgers

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1942 (Pennsylvania)
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Historian, Professor
Active Years
1970-2012
Affiliations
Princeton University

Education

Brown University
Engineering
Degree: 学士
Country: United States
Recorded as having studied engineering at the undergraduate level
Yale University
Graduate School
Degree: Ph.D.
Country: United States
Earned a doctoral degree

Awards

Frederick Jackson Turner Award
1978
Work: The Work Ethic in Industrial America, 1850-1920
Organization: American Historical Association
Result: 受賞
Ellis W. Hawley Prize
1999
Work: Atlantic Crossings
Organization: American Historical Association
Result: 受賞
George Louis Beer Prize
1999
Work: Atlantic Crossings
Organization: American Historical Association
Result: 受賞
Bancroft Prize
2012
Work: Age of Fracture
Organization: Columbia University (Bancroft Prize administration)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Work Ethic in Industrial America, 1850-1920

1979 History

A study analyzing the formation and social significance of the work ethic in industrial America.

work ethicindustrializationsocial thought

Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics since Independence

1987 Political history / History of ideas

A study examining the historical shifts and usages of key terms in American politics.

political discoursekeywordshistorical change

Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age

2000 Comparative social history

Research tracing transatlantic exchanges of social policies and ideas during the Progressive Era.

social policytransatlantic exchangeProgressive Era

Age of Fracture

2011 Intellectual and cultural history

A book discussing the fragmentation of intellectual currents in late 20th-century America and their political and cultural effects.

intellectual trendspolitical culturefracture

As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon

2018 Religious and cultural history

A study tracing the rhetoric of 'City on a Hill' and its significance in American cultural history.

religious rhetoricAmerican culturesymbolism

Bibliography

  • The Work Ethic in Industrial America, 1850-1920
  • Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics since Independence
  • Atlantic Crossings: Social Politics in a Progressive Age
  • Age of Fracture
  • As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly, documentary-orientedlogical and analytical
Recurring Motifs
shifts in social thoughtintersection of American culture and politics

Legacy

An influential historian of 20th-century American social and cultural thought, Rodgers has contributed significantly to understanding intellectual and social history; he is widely respected in academia and has received multiple major awards.

Academic Societies

  • American Historical Association

Archives

  • Princeton University Department of History archives (related materials)

Trivia

  • Has contributed to general-interest magazines such as Harper's.
  • Served as the Henry Charles Lea Professor at Princeton and later became emeritus.
  • Recipient of several major academic prizes (including the Bancroft Prize).