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Steven Howard Hahn

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Steven Howard Hahn

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1951-07-18 （New York City, US）
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
historian, professor
Active Years
1979-
Affiliations
University of Delaware, University of California, San Diego, Northwestern University, University of Pennsylvania, New York University
Influenced By
Eugene Genovese, Herbert Gutman, C. Vann Woodward, Howard R. Lamar
Influenced
Greg Downs, Justin Behrend

Education

University of Rochester
History
Country: United States
Undergraduate study; specific years not provided in source
Yale University
History
Degree: PhD
Period: 〜1979
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: United States
Doctoral dissertation: The Roots of Southern Populism (1979)

Awards

Allan Nevins Prize
1980
Work: The Roots of Southern Populism (doctoral dissertation)
Organization: Society of American Historians
Result: 受賞
Frederick Jackson Turner Award
1984
Work: The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850–1890
Organization: Organization of American Historians
Result: 受賞
Pulitzer Prize for History
2004
Work: A Nation Under Our Feet
Category: 歴史
Organization: Pulitzer Prizes (Columbia University)
Result: 受賞
Bancroft Prize
2004
Work: A Nation Under Our Feet
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞
Merle Curti Award (Social History)
2004
Work: A Nation Under Our Feet
Category: 社会史
Organization: Organization of American Historians
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

A Nation Under Our Feet: Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration

2003 History / Social history

A detailed social-history study of black political struggles in the rural South from slavery through the Great Migration, using local evidence to trace political organizing and social change.

slavery and emancipationblack political movementsrural society and class

The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850–1890

1983 History / Regional history

A study of yeoman farmers in Georgia and how commercialization and social change shaped Southern populism in the late 19th century.

populismyeoman farmers and classsocioeconomic change in the South

The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom

2009 History / Lecture

Based on the Nathan I. Huggins Lecture at Harvard, this work examines the political dimensions of slavery and freedom.

slaveryfreedom and politicshistorical interpretation

A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars

2016 History

A historical analysis of the United States and its global context during an age of civil wars.

nation formationcivil wars and international relations

Illiberal America: a History

2024 History / Contemporary history

A study exploring the recent history of illiberalism in American politics.

contemporary politicsilliberalism and democracy

Bibliography

  • The Countryside in the Age of Capitalist Transformation: Essays in the Social History of Rural America (ed.)
  • Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867. Series III: Land and Labor in 1865
  • A Nation Under Our Feet
  • The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850–1890
  • The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom
  • A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars
  • Illiberal America: a History

Style & Themes

Literary Style
social history approacharchival-based narrativeanalytical academic prose
Recurring Motifs
class and laborrace and politicstransformation of rural communities

Legacy

A major contributor to the study of the U.S. South, slavery and emancipation, and populism; his A Nation Under Our Feet influenced recent social-history scholarship. Also recognized as an accomplished teacher.

Academic Societies

  • Society of American Historians
  • Organization of American Historians

Trivia

  • Historian born in New York City.
  • Won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize and Bancroft Prize for A Nation Under Our Feet.