Edward Countryman
Encyclopedia
Life
He graduated from Manhattan CollegeManhattan College
Manhattan College is a Roman Catholic liberal arts college in the Lasallian tradition in New York City, United States. Despite the college's name, it is no longer located in Manhattan but in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, roughly 10 miles north of Midtown. Manhattan College offers...
, and from Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
with an MA, and a Ph.D. in 1971.
He taught at Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, University of Canterbury
University of Canterbury
The University of Canterbury , New Zealand's second-oldest university, operates its main campus in the suburb of Ilam in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand...
, University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
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He teaches at Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University
Southern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church...
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Awards
- 1983-91 Royal Historical Society
- L.H.D. Honoris Causa Manhattan College
- 1999 Bancroft PrizeBancroft PrizeThe Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948 by a bequest from Frederic Bancroft...
for A People in Revolution - 1966-71 Danforth Graduate Fellow
- 1966-67 Woodrow Wilson Fellow
Works
(revised edition Macmillan, 2003 ISBN 9780809025626)- The Empire State, co-author, Cornell University Press, 2001
- Shane, co-author with Evonne von Heussen-Countryman, British Film Institute Film Classics, 1999, ISBN 9780851707327 (revised edition Macmillan, 1997, ISBN 9780809015986)
- A People in Revolution: The American Revolution and Political Society in New York, 1760-1790, Johns Hopkins University Press, 1981; reprint W. W. Norton, 1989