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Lowitt, Richard was born on February 25, 1922 in New York City. Son of Eugene and Eleanor (Lebowitz) Lowitt.
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This valuable survey of the impact of New Deal agencies and programs focuses on the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains and Great Basin, the Pacific Northwest, and California during the period from 1932 to 1940.
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To settle and remain in the American Outback, the unforgiving land of the Oklahoma Panhandle, was an achievement. Prosperity and risk were present in equal measure. Comprising land that Kansas, Colorado, and New Mexico did not want, and that Texas, after entering the Union as a slave state, could not have, the Oklahoma Panhandle was dubbed No Man’s Land.” This geographical anomaly, 165 miles long and only 35 miles wide, belonged to no one and, before statehood, served as a haven for desperadoes and villains. Only with the creation of the Oklahoma Territory in 1890 was the area finally claimed by a government entity. The history of the Oklahoma Panhandle is an integral part of the history of the Great Plains. In the 1930s the Panhandle attracted attention as the heart of the Dust Bowl. Later the area became a world leader in the production of natural gas, and in the 1990s corporate mega hog farms moved in, creating a new set of challenges. As the twenty-first century unfolds, despite concerns about water, pollution, and population growth, the Panhandle remains the most prosperous part of the state, with wheat, meat, and energy as the largest contributors to its economy. A sweeping survey of the Panhandle’s ups and downs . . . . a new chapter in the history of a little known geographical anomaly” Kansas History A carefully researched and readable book that will tell even well-informed Oklahomans something they didn’t know about one of the most fascinating parts of the state” Norman Transcript
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In the spring of 1877, government officials forcibly removed members of the Ponca tribe from their homelands in the southeastern corner of Dakota territory, relocating them in the Indian Territory in Oklahoma. When Ponca Chief Standing Bear attempted to lead a group of his people home he was arrested, detained, and put on trial. In this book, Valerie Sherer Mathes and Richard Lowitt examine how the national publicity surrounding the trial of Chief Standing Bear, as well as a speaking tour by the chief and others, brought the plight of his tribe, and of tribespeople across America, to the attention of the general public, serving as a catalyst for the nineteenth-century Indian reform movement.As the authors show, the eventual ramifications of the removal, flight, and trial of Standing Bear were extensive, and included the rise of an organized humanitarian reform movement, significant changes in the administration of Indian affairs, and the passage of the General Allotment Act in 1887. This is the first full-length study of the Standing Bear trial and its consequences, and Mathes and Lowitt draw on a vast array of manuscript, diary, and journalistic sources in order to chronicle the events of 1877, as well as the effect the trial had on broader American popular opinion, on the federal government, and finally on the Native American population as a whole.
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Riding on the coat tails of Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landslide victory over Barry Goldwater, Fred Harris defeated former University of Oklahoma football coach Charles (Bud) Wilkinson to become, at age 33, the youngest senator elect in the history of the Sooner state. He quickly proved himself a most active senator―he was named chairman of a subcommittee during his first year, sought to bring accountability in federal research and development programs, and concerned himself with the plight of Native Americans and poverty stricken people throughout rural America. Later, as a result of his involvement with the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disobedience, his role as chairman of the Democratic National Committee, and his work in the burgeoning peace movement, Fred Harris began to articulate his plans for New Populism―a program designed for millions of Americans who believed that government should serve the people and not its special interests. In 1972 and 1976, Harris launched New Populist campaigns for the presidency, but, in both instances, inadequate funding forced him to abandon his efforts. In Fred Harris: His Journey from Liberalism to Populism, historian Richard Lowitt traces the political career of Fred Harris and provides new insight into one senator's search for answers to the diverse, complex, and challenging issues confronting America during the turbulent 1960s and 1970s.
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Lowitt, Richard was born on February 25, 1922 in New York City. Son of Eugene and Eleanor (Lebowitz) Lowitt.
Bachelor of Specialized Studies, City College of New York, 1943. Master of Arts, Columbia University, New York City, 1945. Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, New York City, 1950.
Instructor University Maryland, College Park, 1948-1952. Assistant professor University Rhode Island, Kingston, 1952-1953. Faculty member Connecticut College, New London, 1953-1966, professor history, 1966, Florida State University, Tallahassee, 1966-1968, University Kentucky, Lexington, 1968-1977.
Professor, chairman department history Iowa State University, Ames, 1977-1987, professor, 1987-1989, University Oklahoma, Norman, 1990-1997. Regents professor University Science and Arts, Oklahoma, Chickasha, 1998—2006. Member Iowa Humanities Board, 1987-1989.
Member Oklahoma Humanities Board, 1995-2001. Visiting professor University Colorado, summer 1953, Yale University, 1961-1962, Brown University, 1965-1966, University Chattanooga, summer 1965, Emory University, Atlanta. Sutton professor University Oklahoma, 1989-1990.
Regents professor University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, Chickasha, since 1998.
(Riding on the coat tails of Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landsli...)
( This valuable survey of the impact of New Deal agencies...)
(In the spring of 1877, government officials forcibly remo...)
( To settle and remain in the American Outback, the unfor...)
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Trustee Public Library., Lexington, 1973-1977. Fellow Agricultural History Society (executive committee 1973-1975, president 1991-1992). Member American History Association, Southern History Association (membership committee 1973, Ramsdell prize committee 1975, program committee 1983, nominating committee 1990), Western History Association (board editors 1986-1988, program committee 1995, merit award 1992), Organization American Historians (nominating committee 1970, Turner prize committee 1972-1976, board editors 1985-1987).
Married Suzanne Catharine Carson, September, 1953. Children: Peter Carson, Pamela Carson Bennett.
