Richard Hofstadter
American historian and public intellectual
Richard Hofstadter was an American historian and public intellectual of the mid-20th century. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. Wikipedia
Born: August 6, 1916, Buffalo, NY
Died: October 24, 1970 (age 54 years), New York, NY
Education: Columbia University (1936–1942), University at Buffalo (North Campus), Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and more
Influenced by: Charles A. Beard, Charles Darwin, Sigmund Freud, and more
Spouse: Felice Swados (m. 1936–1945) and Beatrice Kevitt (m. ?–1970)
Award: Pulitzer Prize (1956, 1964)
Books
The Paranoid Style in American Politics
1964
Anti-intellectualism in American Life
1963
The Age of Reform
1955
The American Political Tradition and the Men Who Made It
1948
Social Darwinism in American thought
1944
Richard Hofstadter: Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Uncollected Essays 1956-1965 (LOA #330)
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