James Henretta

James Henretta
Born
James A. Henretta

(1940-11-18) November 18, 1940 (age 84)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materSwarthmore College
Harvard University
OccupationHistorian

James A. Henretta (born November 18, 1940) is an American historian.[1][2] He is a Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Maryland, College Park.[3] Henretta is a Fulbright Scholar, and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.[4]

He graduated from Swarthmore College and Harvard University.

Selected works

  • Documents for America's History, Volume 1: To 1877
  • America: A Concise History
  • Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass
  • Evolution and Revolution
  • "Salutary Neglect": Colonial Administration Under the Duke of Newcastle[5]
  • The Evolution of American Society, 1700-1815: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
  • Documents to Accompany America's History, Volume I: To 1877

References

  1. ^ "James A. Henretta is an American historian : One video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1995 Video Magazine". C-span.org. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  2. ^ "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink n86140694". lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  3. ^ "James A. Henretta". Macmillanlearning.com. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  4. ^ "henretta - History Department". History.umd.edu. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  5. ^ Perkins, Edwin J. (2012). "Forty years of "Salutary Neglect": a retrospective". Reviews in American History. 40 (3): 370–375. doi:10.1353/rah.2012.0059. ISSN 0048-7511. JSTOR 41678577. S2CID 143784796. Retrieved March 9, 2021.


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