Neil R. McMillen
Appearance
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Neil R. McMillen | |
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Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Michigan, U.S. |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | The Citizens' Council: A History of Organized Southern White Resistance to the Second Reconstruction (1969) |
Doctoral advisor | Dewey W. Grantham |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Historian |
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Institutions | University of Southern Mississippi |
Neil R. McMillen (born 1939) is an American historian, and professor emeritus at University of Southern Mississippi.[1]
Life
[edit]He graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi with a BA and MA, and from Vanderbilt University with a Ph.D.[2] His papers are held at University of Southern Mississippi.[3]
Awards
[edit]- 1990 Bancroft Prize
- 1990 Gustavus Myers Prize
- 1990 McLemore Prize
- 1990 Pulitzer Prize finalist
- 2005 B. L. C. Wailes Award
Works
[edit]- "The American Reaction to the Rise of Nazi Germany, March, 1933 - March, 1934" (USM thesis, 1963)
- Thomas Jefferson: Philosopher of Freedom. Chicago: Rand McNally. 1973. ISBN 978-0-528-82487-6.
- Charles Grier Sellers; Henry Farnham May; Neil R. McMillen (1974). A synopsis of American history. Chicago: Rand McNally College Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-929587-74-5.
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ignored (help) (7th Edition 1992) - Dark Journey: Black Mississippians in the Age of Jim Crow. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1989. ISBN 978-0-252-06156-1.
- The Citizens' Council: Organized Resistance to the Second Reconstruction, 1954-64. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. 1994. ISBN 978-0-252-06441-8. (1st edition 1971)
- Neil R. McMillen, ed. (1997). Remaking Dixie: The Impact of World War II on the American South. Jackson, Miss.: University Press of Mississippi. ISBN 978-0-87805-928-7.
- Geoffrey Jensen; Andrew Wiest, eds. (2001). "World War II and the Origins of the Civil Rights Movement". War in the age of technology: myriad faces of modern armed conflict. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-4251-8.
References
[edit]- ^ "Neil R. McMillen". University of Southern Mississippi. Archived from the original on 2012-02-23.
- ^ Ownby, Ted (2017-07-11). "Neil R. McMillen". Mississippi Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
- ^ "McMillen (Neil R.) Professional Papers". University of Southern Mississippi McCain Library and Archives. Retrieved 2022-07-27.