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Forster, Robert was born on June 7, 1926 in New York City. Son of Theodore and Elise (Strobel) Forster.
(Twenty-five articles in two volumes concentrating on the ...)
Twenty-five articles in two volumes concentrating on the complex interaction of societies and cultures initially alien to one another. Conflict was an obvious interaction, but accommodation, mutual adaptation, and institutional and behavioural synthesis were also present. However, the process of social and cultural hybridization was, this text argues, often one-sided in favour of European norms. Nonetheless something called acculturation did develop, albeit unevenly, among Europeans in contact with the land of the peoples of the non-European world.
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Forster, Robert was born on June 7, 1926 in New York City. Son of Theodore and Elise (Strobel) Forster.
Bachelor, Swarthmore College, 1949. Master of Arts in Modern European History, Harvard University, 1951. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1956.
D. honoris causa, University Toulouse, France, 1985.
Instructor modern European history, Johns Hopkins University, 1956-1957;
Bissing fellow, U. Toulouse, France, 1957-1958;
assistant professor, U. Nebraska, 1958-1962;
associate professor, Dartmouth, 1962-1965;
professor of history, Johns Hopkins, 1966-1996;
professor emeritus, Johns Hopkins, since 1996;
fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1975-1976;
fellow, Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, 1979-1980;
United States representative, International Congress History Sciences, 1975-1980.
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Served with Army of the United States, 1944-1946. Member International Commission for Study of French Revolution, Society French History Studies (president 1974), French Colonial History Society, Society Caribbean History, American History Association (council 1985-1988), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Elborg Hamacher, July 8, 1955. Children: Marc Richard, Thomas Theodore.