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Eric Louis McKitrick

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Eric Louis McKitrick

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1919-07-05 （Battle Creek, Michigan, U.S.）
死没
2002-04-24 （New York City, U.S.） 82歳
国籍
United States
言語
English
居住地歴
Battle Creek, Michigan (birthplace) → Chicago (taught at the University of Chicago) → New Brunswick, New Jersey (Rutgers University) → New York City (Columbia University, residence/position) → Cambridge (Pitt Professorship period) → Oxford (Harmsworth Professorship period)

経歴

職業
Historian, University professor, Editor
活動期間
1949年〜1989年
所属
University of Chicago, Rutgers University, Douglass College, Columbia University (Department of History), University of Cambridge (Pitt Professorship), University of Oxford (Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professorship)

学歴

Columbia University
Faculty of Arts and Sciences / Department of History
学位: BA
期間: 1945-1949
卒業年: 1949
国: United States
Columbia University
Graduate School / Department of History
学位: MA
期間: 1949-1951
卒業年: 1951
国: United States
Columbia University
Graduate School (PhD program) / Department of History
学位: PhD
期間: 1951-1959
卒業年: 1959
国: United States

受賞歴

John H. Dunning Prize
1960
対象作品: Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction
主催: American Historical Association
結果: 受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
1970
主催: John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
結果: 受賞
Bancroft Prize
1994
対象作品: The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788–1800
主催: Columbia University
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction

1960年 History (American history)

A detailed study of President Andrew Johnson and the Reconstruction era after the American Civil War, analyzing Johnson's policies and their effects.

ReconstructionPresidential powerPost–Civil War politics

Slavery Defended: The Views of the Old South (editor)

1963年 Edited historical documents

An edited collection of arguments defending slavery from the Old South, providing compiled sources and commentary.

SlaverySouthern thoughtDocument editing

Andrew Johnson; A Profile (editor)

1969年 Biography / Edited volume

An edited volume collecting essays and sources on Andrew Johnson, treating his character and policies from multiple angles.

BiographyReconstruction studies

The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788–1800 (with Stanley Elkins)

1993年 History (political history)

A comprehensive study of the early American Republic from 1788 to 1800, detailing politics, institutions, and key figures. Coauthored with Stanley Elkins and highly regarded in the field.

Early United StatesFederal institutionsPolitical history

全著作

  • Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction (1960)
  • Slavery Defended: The Views of the Old South (ed., 1963)
  • Andrew Johnson; A Profile (ed., 1969)
  • The Age of Federalism: The Early American Republic, 1788–1800 (with Stanley Elkins, 1993)

作風・主題

文体
Archival, meticulous empirical scholarshipScholarly yet readable narrative
頻出モチーフ
Analysis of political institutions and powerInstitutional development in the early republicEvaluation of Reconstruction policies

評価・遺産

Regarded as a significant historian of early American history and Reconstruction; coauthored The Age of Federalism, which won the Bancroft Prize. Long academic career educating and mentoring many scholars.

関連学会

  • American Historical Association

資料所蔵先

  • Columbia University Archives

引用

  • Eric L. McKitrick was a meticulous scholar and historian.
    出典: The New York Times (obituary) (2002年)

豆知識

  • Received BA (1949), MA (1951), and PhD (1959) from Columbia University.
  • Taught at the University of Chicago, Rutgers University, and Columbia University.
  • Served as Pitt Professor at Cambridge (1973–74) and Harmsworth Professor at Oxford (1979–80).
  • Coauthored The Age of Federalism with Stanley Elkins; won the Bancroft Prize in 1994.