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Curry, Richard Orr was born on January 26, 1931 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States. Son of Ernest Chalmers and Ida Mitt (Atkinson) Curry.
(The concept of individualism that emerged in American soc...)
The concept of individualism that emerged in American society during the late 18th century has long defined America's social, political, and economic institutions. American Chameleon is the first historical work which addresses this concept and its multiple meanings, usages, and contradictions. In this collection of 11 essays, individualism is placed in a comparative, trans-national context that differentiates the American national experience from its European cultural heritage. The authors analyze meanings and usages of individualism in Europe--particularly France, Germany, and Great Britain--in order to clarify those found in American society. Also examined are the limitations of the concept in relation to minority groups and women. A 19th-century perspective of individualism is the central focus of American Chameleon, but the final chapter adds a contemporary dimension. Editors and authors Richard Curry and Lawrence Goodheart herein offer scholars, students and interested citizens new interpretations and a deeper understanding of the past, present, and future of American society itself.
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( In A House Divided, Richard Orr Curry investigates the ...)
In A House Divided, Richard Orr Curry investigates the political realities that led to the breakup of the Old Dominion and the emergence of a new state during the Civil War. Orr's analysis of the intra-state conflicts over political, economic, and social issues, party factions of Unionism and Secessionism and multiple layers of division within those factions, offer fascinating and original insights into the long debate that would lead to the ratification of the West Virginia state constitution in 1863.
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history educator and freelance writer
Curry, Richard Orr was born on January 26, 1931 in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, United States. Son of Ernest Chalmers and Ida Mitt (Atkinson) Curry.
Bachelor, Marshall University, 1952. Master of Arts, Marshall University, 1956. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pennsylvania, 1961.
Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard Division School, 1966.
Instructor European history, Morris Harvey College, Charleston, West Virginia, 1959-1960;
instructor American history, Pennsylvania State University, 1960-1962;
visiting assistant professor American history, U. Pittsburgh, 1962-1963;
assistant professor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1963-1966;
associate professor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1966-1971;
professor, U. Connecticut, Storrs, 1971-1992;
professor emeritus, U. Connecticut, Storrs, since 1992;
Fulbright lecturer, U. Connecticut, Storrs, since 1981. Lecturer, participant numerous seminars and symposia United States, The Philippines, Australia, New Zealand. Associate director National Defense Education Act Institute High School Teachers of America History, U. Connecticut, summers 1965, 66.
Consultant, critic Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Little, Brown & Company, Dodd, Mead & Cook, Allyn & Bacon, Dryden Press, Prentice-Hall, Iowa State University Press, U. Missouri Press, Louisiana State University Press, Canada Research Council, National Endowment for Humanities, others.
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(The concept of individualism that emerged in American soc...)
With United States Navy, 1952-1954. Fellow Connecticut Academy Arts and Sciences. Member Organisation American Historians, New England History Association, Fulbright Association, Society Historians of Early Republic (member board editors journal 1991-1995). M C.
Married Patricia Leist, April 6, 1954 (deceased 1967). Children: Kimberly, Andrea, Jonathan. Married Patricia Montenegro, February 11, 1968.
1 stepson, Michael Del Rosario.