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He was a Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies Fellow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/history/fellows/fellows-sven-beckert?language_sync=1|title=Prof. Dr. Sven Beckert - Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726070339/http://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/history/fellows/fellows-sven-beckert?language_sync=1|archive-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> |
He was a Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies Fellow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/history/fellows/fellows-sven-beckert?language_sync=1|title=Prof. Dr. Sven Beckert - Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726070339/http://www.frias.uni-freiburg.de/history/fellows/fellows-sven-beckert?language_sync=1|archive-date=July 26, 2011}}</ref> |
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He was a [[New York Public Library]] Fellow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/pastfellows.html |title=Past Fellows: 1999-2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727084955/http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/pastfellows.html |archivedate=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> |
He was a [[New York Public Library]] Fellow.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/pastfellows.html |title=Past Fellows: 1999-2008 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727084955/http://legacy.www.nypl.org/research/chss/scholars/pastfellows.html |archivedate=July 27, 2011 }}</ref> |
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He is a [[Guggenheim Fellow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/16998-sven-beckert|title=Sven Beckert - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008130836/http://www.gf.org/fellows/16998-sven-beckert|archive-date=October 8, 2011}}</ref> He is the author of ''Empire of Cotton: A Global History'' (2014), which won the 2015 [[Bancroft Prize]] and was a finalist for the 2015 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for History.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2015-History|title=The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners History|work=pulitzer.org|accessdate=May 16, 2015}}</ref> The New York Times called it "one of the ten best books of 2015." |
He is a [[Guggenheim Fellow]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gf.org/fellows/16998-sven-beckert|title=Sven Beckert - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008130836/http://www.gf.org/fellows/16998-sven-beckert|archive-date=October 8, 2011}}</ref> He is the author of ''Empire of Cotton: A Global History'' (2014), which won the 2015 [[Bancroft Prize]] and was a finalist for the 2015 [[Pulitzer Prize]] for History.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2015-History|title=The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners History|work=pulitzer.org|accessdate=May 16, 2015}}</ref> The New York Times called it "one of the ten best books of 2015."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/02/books/review/best-books-of-2015.html|title=The 10 Best Books of 2015|work=The New York Times|accessdate=October 12, 2016}}</ref> |
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==Works== |
==Works== |
Revision as of 00:16, 13 October 2016
Sven Beckert is Laird Bell Professor of American History at Harvard University, where he teaches the history of the United States in the nineteenth century, and global history.[1]
He studied history, economics and political science at the University of Hamburg, Germany and then graduated from Columbia University with a PhD in History. He was an American Council of Learned Societies Fellow.[2] He was a Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies Fellow.[3] He was a New York Public Library Fellow.[4] He is a Guggenheim Fellow.[5] He is the author of Empire of Cotton: A Global History (2014), which won the 2015 Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for History.[6] The New York Times called it "one of the ten best books of 2015."[7]
Works
- The Monied Metropolis. Cambridge University Press. 2001. ISBN 978-0-521-52410-0.
- Rosenbaum, Julia B.; Beckert, Sven (19 January 2011). The American Bourgeoisie: Distinction and Identity in the Nineteenth Century. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 12–. ISBN 978-0-230-31454-2.
- "From Tuskegee to Togo", Journal of American History, September, 2005
- "Emancipation and Empire: Reconstructing the Worldwide Web of Cotton Production in the Age of the American Civil War", American Historical Review, Issue 109 (Dec 2004), pp. 1405–1438. (2004)
- "Democracy and its Discontents: Contesting Suffrage Rights in Gilded Age New York", Past and Present (February 2002), pp. 114–155 (2002)
- Empire of Cotton: A Global History. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. 2 December 2014. ISBN 978-0-385-35325-0.
References
- ^ "History of American Civilization Department Profile". Archived from the original on October 19, 2007.
- ^ "ACLS profile: Sven Beckert F'08".
- ^ "Prof. Dr. Sven Beckert - Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies". Archived from the original on July 26, 2011.
- ^ "Past Fellows: 1999-2008". Archived from the original on July 27, 2011.
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- ^ "The 2015 Pulitzer Prize Winners History". pulitzer.org. Retrieved May 16, 2015.
- ^ "The 10 Best Books of 2015". The New York Times. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- "Beckert tracks cotton trail", Harvard Gazette,