Background
Riesenberg, Peter was born on November 17, 1925 in New York City. Son of Bernard and Miriam (Handel) Riesenberg.
(Intended for both general readers and students, Peter Rie...)
Intended for both general readers and students, Peter Riesenberg's instructive book surveys Western ideas of citizenship from Greek antiquity to the French Revolution. It is striking to observe the persistence of important civic ideals and institutions over a period of 2,500 years and to learn how those ideals and institutions traveled over space and time, from the ancient Mediterranean to early modern France, England, and America.
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Riesenberg, Peter was born on November 17, 1925 in New York City. Son of Bernard and Miriam (Handel) Riesenberg.
AB, Rutgers University, 1947; Master of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954.
Instructor Rutgers University, Newark, 1953-1954. Instructor to assistant professor Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1954-1960. From assistant professor to professor history Washington University, St. Louis, since 1960.
Visiting assistant professor Columbia University, New York City, 1959, University California, Berkeley, 1968, University Vermont, Burlington, 1977, National Taiwan University, 1993.
(Intended for both general readers and students, Peter Rie...)
(Intended for both general readers and students, Peter Rie...)
(This classic analysis traces the development of the urban...)
Board of directors American Civil Liberties Union, St. Louis, 1967-1968. Member Medieval Academy, Renaissance Society American.
Married Trudi Treworgy, March 22, 1972. Children: Julia DeBery, Anne.