Bancroft Prize
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Peter Kolchin
ピーター・ロバート・コルチン
Peter Robert Kolchin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1943-06-03 （Washington, D.C., USA）
- Died
- 2025-01-13 age 81
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Washington, D.C., USA → New York, USA (studied at Columbia University) → Newark, Delaware, USA (University of Delaware)
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, University professor
- Active Years
- 1969-2025
- Affiliations
- University of Delaware
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | Columbia College | — | A.B. | — | United States |
| Johns Hopkins University | — | — | Ph.D. | — | United States |
Columbia University
Columbia College
Degree:
A.B.
Year of Graduation:
1964
Country:
United States
Johns Hopkins University
Degree:
Ph.D.
Year of Graduation:
1970
Country:
United States
Doctoral dissertation: First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama's Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Bancroft Prize | Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom | American History | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Avery O. Craven Award | Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom | — | Organization of American Historians | 受賞 |
| — | Charles Sydnor Award | — | — | Southern Historical Association | 受賞 |
Bancroft Prize
1988
Work:
Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom
Category:
American History
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Avery O. Craven Award
1988
Work:
Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom
Organization:
Organization of American Historians
Result:
受賞
Charles Sydnor Award
Organization:
Southern Historical Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama's Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction
1972 HistoryA study analyzing the responses of Alabama's Black communities to emancipation and Reconstruction, examining political and social adjustments.
ReconstructionEmancipationSouthern history
Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom
1987 Comparative history / labor historyA comparative analysis of American slavery and Russian serfdom, examining similarities and differences to illuminate structures of unfree labor.
SlaverySerfdomComparative historyLabor
American Slavery, 1619-1877
1993 HistoryA broad study tracing the development and transformation of slavery in America from 1619 to 1877; often used as a textbook.
History of slaveryInstitutional changeSocial history
A Sphinx on the American Land: The Nineteenth-Century South in Comparative Perspective
2003 Comparative history / Southern historyA reassessment of the nineteenth-century American South from a comparative perspective, examining interactions of economy, culture, and politics.
Southern historyComparative history19th century
Bibliography
- First Freedom: The Responses of Alabama's Blacks to Emancipation and Reconstruction (1972; revised ed. 2008)
- Unfree Labor: American Slavery and Russian Serfdom (1987)
- American Slavery, 1619-1877 (1993; revised ed. 2003)
- Up from Serfdom: My Childhood and Youth in Russia, 1804-1824 (Foreword) (2002)
- A Sphinx on the American Land: The Nineteenth-Century South in Comparative Perspective (2003)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly, heavily annotated comparative-historical approachEmpirical and analytical prose
- Recurring Motifs
- Comparisons of systems of unfree laborTransformations in Southern societyEmancipation and its social consequences
Legacy
Kolchin was a prominent historian known for his studies of American slavery and comparative work with Russian serfdom. His comparative-historical methods significantly influenced the field, and several of his works are standard references and used as textbooks.
Academic Societies
- Organization of American Historians
Archives
- University of Delaware Library (related materials)
Trivia
- Won the Bancroft Prize and the Avery O. Craven Award in 1988 for Unfree Labor.
- Specialized in slavery and labor history, especially comparative studies between the American South and Russian serfdom.
- Taught for many years at the University of Delaware.