Andrew Dickson White and America’s Unfinished (French) Revolution
Document Type
Blog
Publication Date
9-14-2020
Publication Title
Age of Revolutions
First page number:
1
Last page number:
10
Abstract
Andrew Dickson White is not considered a canonical author in the French Revolution's historiography, but rather is known as the founding president of both Cornell University and the American Historical Association (AHA). His best-known published historical writings, when referenced at all, are often derided. Yet in his intellectually formative years, as an earnest abolitionist and amibtious Republican, eager to enter the arena of American political life and anticipating what he would later call "the great revolution" of the Civil War, White made the topic his central academic pursuit - and effectively invented a distinctly American tradition of historiography.
Keywords
Andrew Dickson White; Author; French Revolution; Historiography; Intellectual history
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | History | United States History
Language
English
Repository Citation
Brown, G. S.
(2020).
Andrew Dickson White and America’s Unfinished (French) Revolution.
Age of Revolutions
1-10.
https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/history_fac_articles/211