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Thomas G. Andrews

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Thomas G. Andrews

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Historian, University professor
Active Years
2003-
Affiliations
University of Colorado Boulder

Education

Yale University
Country: United States
Graduated from Yale University (specific degree/year not specified)
University of Wisconsin–Madison
Graduate School / Department of History
Degree: Ph.D.（アメリカ史）
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: United States
Ph.D. awarded (May 2003) in U.S. History

Awards

Bancroft Prize
2009
Work: Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War
Organization: Columbia University
Result: 受賞
George Perkins Marsh Prize
2009
Work: Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War
Organization: American Society for Environmental History
Result: 受賞
Huntington Library grant
Organization: Huntington Library
Result: 助成
National Endowment for the Humanities grant
Organization: National Endowment for the Humanities
Result: 助成
American Council of Learned Societies grant
Organization: American Council of Learned Societies
Result: 助成
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency grant
Organization: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Result: 助成

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Road to Ludlow: Work, Environment, and Industrialization in Southern Colorado, 1869-1914

History / Research report

A research report examining the connections among labor conflict, environment, and industrialization in southern Colorado around Ludlow. It documents mining communities, labor conditions, and environmental change based on archival sources.

labor historyenvironmental historyminingregional history

Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War

2008 History (monograph) 384 pages

A scholarly monograph that examines coal industry labor conflicts in the early 20th century—especially clashes in Colorado, including Ludlow. Using testimony and archival documents, it analyzes the context of violence and the roles of labor, capital, and environment.

labor conflictindustrial violenceenvironmental historycapital and labor

Turning the Tables on Assimilation (contribution)

2008 Essay / Book chapter

A contributed chapter in an edited volume addressing assimilation and Native American histories, offering a specific perspective within the collection.

Native American historyassimilation policieshistorical sociology

Bibliography

  • The Road to Ludlow: Work, Environment, and Industrialization in Southern Colorado, 1869-1914
  • Killing for Coal: America's Deadliest Labor War (Harvard University Press, 2008)
  • Turning the Tables on Assimilation (contribution, The American Indian: past and present)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly narrative non-fiction stylearchival- and testimony-driven narrative
Recurring Motifs
labor conflictenvironment and industryclass conflictmining communities

Legacy

Andrews's scholarship has connected labor history and environmental history, prompting reassessments of Ludlow and the coal industry. His 2009 Bancroft Prize and other recognitions reflect strong academic esteem, and his work has influenced university teaching and public history.

Academic Societies

  • American Society for Environmental History
  • Organization of American Historians

Archives

  • Rockefeller Archive Center
  • University of Colorado Boulder archives

In Popular Culture

  • Frequently cited in documentaries and articles on the Ludlow events and the coal industry.

Trivia

  • Won the Bancroft Prize in 2009.
  • Received a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2003.
  • Has taught at the University of Colorado Boulder (positions may vary).