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Biography:
Merle Curti was a University of Wisconsin-Madison historian known for his work on American cultural and intellectual history. He received the Pulitzer Prize for The Growth of American Thought. Curti was a leading American historian, who taught many graduate students at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin, and was a leader in developing the fields of social history and intellectual history. He directed 86 finished PhD dissertations and had an unusually wide range of correspondents. As a Progressive historian he was deeply committed to democracy, and to the Turnerian thesis that social and economic forces shape American life, thought and character. He was a pioneer in peace studies, intellectual history, and social history, and helped develop quantitative methods based on census samples as a tool in historical research.
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Works by Merle Curti:
Merle Curti was a University of Wisconsin-Madison historian known for his work on American cultural and intellectual history. He received the Pulitzer Prize for The Growth of American Thought. Curti was a leading American historian, who taught many graduate students at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin, and was a leader in developing the fields of social history and intellectual history. He directed 86 finished PhD dissertations and had an unusually wide range of correspondents. As a Progressive historian he was deeply committed to democracy, and to the Turnerian thesis that social and economic forces shape American life, thought and character. He was a pioneer in peace studies, intellectual history, and social history, and helped develop quantitative methods based on census samples as a tool in historical research.
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Works by Merle Curti:
- The American Peace Crusade, 1815-1860 (1929)
- "Non-Resistance in New England," The New England Quarterly Vol. 2, No. 1 (Jan., 1929), pp. 34–57
- Bryan and World Peace. Northampton, Mass.: Smith College Studies in History, (1931).
- "Robert Rantoul, Jr., The Reformer in Politics," The New England Quarterly Vol. 5, No. 2 (Apr., 1932), pp. 264–280
- The Social ideas of American Educators (1932, expanded ed. 1959)
- Peace or War: The American Struggle, 1636-1936 (1936).
- "The Great Mr. Locke: America's Philosopher, 1783-1861," The Huntington Library Bulletin No. 11 (Apr., 1937), pp. 107–151
- "Public Opinion and the Study of History," The Public Opinion Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 2 (Apr., 1937), pp. 84–87
- "Francis Lieber and Nationalism," The Huntington Library Quarterly Vol. 4, No. 3 (Apr., 1941), pp. 263–292
- "The American Scholar in Three Wars," Journal of the History of Ideas, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Jun., 1942), pp. 241–264
- The Growth of American Thought. (1943, 1951), 912 pp.
- The University of Wisconsin A History 1848-1945 (3 vols., 1949-94), with Vernon Rosco Carstenson, Edmund David Cronon, and John William Jenkins.
- The Roots of American Loyalty (1946)
- "The Reputation of America Overseas (1776-1860)," American Quarterly Vol. 1, No. 1 (Spring, 1949), pp. 58–82
- "America at the World Fairs, 1851-1893," The American Historical Review Vol. 55, No. 4 (Jul., 1950), pp. 833–856
- "The Immigrant and the American Image in Europe, 1860-1914," with Kendall Birr; The Mississippi Valley Historical Review Vol. 37, No. 2 (Sep., 1950), pp. 203–230
- "The Democratic Theme in American Historical Literature," The Mississippi Valley Historical Review Vol. 39, No. 1 (Jun., 1952), pp. 3–28, presidential address;
- "'The Flowery Flag Devils': The American Image in China 1840-1900." with John Stalker; Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 96, No. 6 (Dec., 1952), pp. 663–690
- "Human Nature in American Thought," Political Science Quarterly Vol. 68, No. 3 (Sep., 1953), pp. 354–375
- "Human Nature in American Thought: Retreat from Reason in the Age of Science," Political Science Quarterly Vol. 68, No. 4 (Dec., 1953), pp. 492–510
- "Intellectuals and Other People," The American Historical Review Vol. 60, No. 2 (Jan., 1955), pp. 259–282, presidential address
- "Woodrow Wilson's Concept of Human Nature," Midwest Journal of Political Science Vol. 1, No. 1 (May, 1957), pp. 1–19
- "American Philanthropy and the National Character," American Quarterly Vol. 10, No. 4 (Winter, 1958), pp. 420–437
- The Making of an American Community: A Case Study of Democracy in a Frontier County. (1959).
- "Tradition and Innovation in American Philanthropy," Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Vol. 105, No. 2 (Apr., 1961), pp. 146–156
- "Jane Addams on Human Nature," Journal of the History of Ideas Vol. 22, No. 2 (Apr., 1961), pp. 240–253
- "The Changing Concept of "Human Nature" in the Literature of American Advertising," The Business History Review Vol. 41, No. 4 (Winter, 1967), pp. 335-357, illustrated
- Human Nature in American Thought: A History (1980)
- American Philanthropy Abroad (Jan. 1, 1988)
- Rise of the American Nation, textbook coauthored with Lewis Paul Todd (1950-82); many editions.
