Background
Leach, William Riley was born on February 12, 1944 in New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States. Son of Thomas Edward and Esther Matilda (Lee) Leach.
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Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture 1st Vintage Books edition by Leach, William R. (1994) Paperback
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By William R. Leach - Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture (1st Vintage Books Ed) (8.7.1994)
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True Love and Perfect Union: The Feminist Reform of Sex and Society
(Persuasively argues that the early feminists helped creat...)
Persuasively argues that the early feminists helped create a reform movement which has defined twentieth-century progressivism, as they brought social reforms to medicine, religion, education, and marriage
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True Love and Perfect Union - the Feminist Reform of Sex and Society
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0026QTGEM/?tag=2022091-20
Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture Paperback 1994 1st Vintage Books Ed Ed. William R. Leach
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CSXSMOS/?tag=2022091-20
Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture
(This monumental work of cultural history was nominated fo...)
This monumental work of cultural history was nominated for a National Book Award. It chronicles America's transformation, beginning in 1880, into a nation of consumers, devoted to a cult of comfort, bodily well-being, and endless acquisition. 24 pages of photos.
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William Riley Leach
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Bachelor, Rutgers University, 1965. Master of Arts, Cornell University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, 1976.
Career
Assistant professor, U. South, Sewannee, Tennessee, 1979-1980; assistant professor, New York University, New York City, 1980-1981; fellow New York Institute for Humanities, New York University, New York City, 1981-1991; adjunct professor of history, Columbia University, New York City, 1993; independent writer, since 1993. Mellon fellow Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1978-1979, U. Rochester, 1977-1978.
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Works
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True Love and Perfect Union: The Feminist Reform of Sex and Society
(Persuasively argues that the early feminists helped creat...)
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Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture
(This monumental work of cultural history was nominated fo...)
- Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture 1st Vintage Books edition by Leach, William R. (1994) Paperback
- True Love and Perfect Union: The Feminist Reform of Sex and Society by William Leach (1989-10-01)
- By William R. Leach - Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture (1st Vintage Books Ed) (8.7.1994)
- True Love and Perfect Union - the Feminist Reform of Sex and Society
- Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture Paperback 1994 1st Vintage Books Ed Ed. William R. Leach
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True Love and Perfect Union: The Feminist Reform of Sex and Society
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American
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1965
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1968
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1976
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1979 - 1980
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1980 - 1981
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1993
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1993
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National Endowment of the Humanities fellow, Washington, 1983, Woodrow Wilson Foundation international fellow, Washington, 1984, Guggenheim Foundation fellow, New York City, 1985.National Endowment of the Humanities fellow, Washington, 1983, Woodrow Wilson Foundation international fellow, Washington, 1984, Guggenheim Foundation fellow, New York City, 1985.