T. H. Breen
Encyclopedia
T. H. Breen is the William Smith Mason Professor of American History at Northwestern University
where he is the director of the Chabraja Center for Historical Studies. He studies the history of early America with a special interest in political thought, material culture, and cultural anthropology. Breen received his Ph.D in history from Yale University
in 1968, and has held posts as the Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions
at Cambridge University and the Harmsworth Professor at Oxford University. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship
, and is the winner of the T. Saloutus Prize for his book Tobacco Culture: the Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters of the Eve of Revolution, and the Historical Preservation Book Prize for his work Imagining the Past: East Hampton Histories. In 2010 he released his latest book American Insurgents – American Patriots: The Revolution of the People.
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
where he is the director of the Chabraja Center for Historical Studies. He studies the history of early America with a special interest in political thought, material culture, and cultural anthropology. Breen received his Ph.D in history from Yale University
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
in 1968, and has held posts as the Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions
Pitt Professor of American History and Institutions
The Pitt Professorship of American History and Institutions was established on 5 February 1944 from a sum of £44,000 received from the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press in 1943 and augmented by a further £5,000 in 1946...
at Cambridge University and the Harmsworth Professor at Oxford University. He has also received a Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
, and is the winner of the T. Saloutus Prize for his book Tobacco Culture: the Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters of the Eve of Revolution, and the Historical Preservation Book Prize for his work Imagining the Past: East Hampton Histories. In 2010 he released his latest book American Insurgents – American Patriots: The Revolution of the People.
Books
- With Stephen Innes,"Myne Owne Ground": Race and Freedom on Virginia's Eastern Shore (1982)
- Puritans and Adventurers: Change and Persistence in Early America (1980)
- Tobacco Culture: The Mentality of the Great Tidewater Planters on the Eve of Revolution (1985)
- Imagining The Past: East Hampton Histories (1989)
- Marketplace of Revolution: How Consumer Politics Shaped American Independence (2005)
- American Insurgents – American Patriots: The Revolution of the People (2010)
Textbooks
- With G. Fredrickson, R. Hal Williams, and R. Divine, America Past and Present (1984), currently in 9th edition.