Background
Cronon, Edmund David was born on March 11, 1924 in Minneapolis. Son of Edmund David and Florence Ann (Meyer) Cronon.
( This third volume of the history of the University of W...)
This third volume of the history of the University of Wisconsin, Politics, Depression, and War, 1925–1945, continues the history of the famous institution that has become today's University of Wisconsin–Madison. It carries the story forward from 1925 to the end of World War II, as the University was planning for the post-war influx of returning veterans. Volumes I and II, by Professors Merle Curti and Vernon Carstensen, were published in 1949 as part of the University's centennial celebration. In Volume III, E. David Cronon and John W. Jenkins provide a lively and readable account of the significant political, social, and educational transformations between 1925 and 1945, emphasizing the effect of Wisconsin's partisan politics on the University, the growth of the faculty's role in institutional governance, the development of close-knit faculty and student communities, and the ways in which the University maintained and even enhanced its scholarly reputation in a difficult era of history. The authors also look at the expansion of University outreach activities, especially the development of a major instructional center in Milwaukee (later to become the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee), extension centers throughout the state, and the new medium of educational broadcasting through the university station, WHA, considered "the oldest station in the nation." Read alone or in conjunction with the first two volumes, this is a thorough and absorbing history for anyone interested in this remarkable institution. Current faculty, alumni, students, and Wisconsin residents will find here a wealth of information enhanced by many historical photographs. An engaging additional feature are the cartoons, caricatures, and sketches from student publications that reveal a student perspective on the people and events of the period.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0299144305/?tag=2022091-20
( In the early twentieth century, Marcus Garvey sowed the...)
In the early twentieth century, Marcus Garvey sowed the seeds of a new black pride and determination. Attacked by the black intelligentsia and ridiculed by the white press, this Jamaican immigrant astonished all with his black nationalist rhetoric. In just four years, he built the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), the largest and most powerful all-black organization the nation had ever seen. With hundreds of branches, throughout the United States, the UNIA represented Garvey’s greatest accomplishment and, ironically, the source of his public disgrace. Black Moses brings this controversial figure to life and recovers the significance of his life and work. “Those who are interested in the revolutionary aspects of the twentieth century in America should not miss Cronon’s book. It makes exciting reading.”—The Nation “A very readable, factual, and well-documented biography of Marcus Garvey.”—The Crisis, NAACP “In a short, swiftly moving, penetrating biography, Mr. Cronon has made the first real attempt to narrate the Garvey story. From the Jamaican's traumatic race experiences on the West Indian island to dizzy success and inglorious failure on the mainland, the major outlines are here etched with sympathy, understanding, and insight.”—Mississippi Valley Historical Review (Now the Journal of American History). “Good reading for all serious history students.”—Jet “A vivid, detailed, and sound portrait of a man and his dreams.”—Political Science Quarterly
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/029901214X/?tag=2022091-20
Cronon, Edmund David was born on March 11, 1924 in Minneapolis. Son of Edmund David and Florence Ann (Meyer) Cronon.
Student, Macalester College, 1942-1943; AB, Oberlin College, 1948; AM, University of Wisconsin, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin, 1953; postgraduate, Manchester (England) University, 1950-1951.
Instructor, then assistant professor of history, Yale University, 1953-1959; associate professor, then professor of history, U. Nebraska, 1959-1962; professor of history, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1962-1994; dean College Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin, 1974-1989; department chairman, University of Wisconsin, 1966-1969; director Institute Research in Humanities, University of Wisconsin, 1969-1974; professor, dean emeritus, University of Wisconsin, since 1994; lecturer for, State Department, Europe and Near East, 1966. Fulbright-Hays lecturer Moscow State University, 1974.
( This third volume of the history of the University of W...)
( In the early twentieth century, Marcus Garvey sowed the...)
(GOOD-PLUS TRADE-PAPERBACK. SOMEWHAT WORN AND AGE DISCOLOR...)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
Member of Executive Committee Wisconsin American Revolution Bicentennial Commission. Advisory board Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, 1971-1976, Wisconsin Humanities Committee, 1973-1977, Council for International Exchange Scholars, 1977-1980. Member Commission Institutions Higher Education North Central Association Colleges Schools, 1978-1982, consultant, examiner, since 1970.
Board directors Council of Colls. of Arts and Sciences, 1978-1980,president, 1981-1982. Member Commission Arts and Sciences, National Association State Universities and Land Grant Colls., 1984-1988. Trustee Ripon College, 1976-1991.
Servedto First lieutenant, infantry Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow Society American Historians. Member American History Association, Organisation American Historians (Executive Board), Wisconsin History Society (board curators, president), Southern History Society (executive county, board editors), Madison Opera (board directors, vice president, president), Phi Beta Kappa (nominating committee United chapters 1985-1991), Blackhawk Club, University Club.
Married Mary Jean Hotmar, May13, 1950. Children: William John, Robert David.