Theodore K. Rabb
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Theodore K. Rabb is a historian of the early modern period and is Emeritus Professor of History at Princeton University
. He is the son of the late historian, author, and philanthropist, Dr. Oskar K. Rabinowicz, and the father of mystery historical novelist, Jonathan Rabb.
Along with Robert I. Rotberg
, he is also the co-founder and editor of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History
and was also an advisor for the 1993 television series Renaissance.
With Robert I. Rotberg
In the Journal of Interdisciplinary History
In Past & Present
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
. He is the son of the late historian, author, and philanthropist, Dr. Oskar K. Rabinowicz, and the father of mystery historical novelist, Jonathan Rabb.
Along with Robert I. Rotberg
Robert I. Rotberg
Robert I. Rotberg is an American who served as President emeritus of the World Peace Foundation . An American professor in governance and foreign affairs, he was director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University's John F...
, he is also the co-founder and editor of the Journal of Interdisciplinary History
Journal of Interdisciplinary History
The Journal of Interdisciplinary History is a peer-reviewed academic journal published four times a year by the MIT Press. It covers a broad range of historical themes and periods, linking history to other academic fields.-Contents:...
and was also an advisor for the 1993 television series Renaissance.
Books
- The Thirty Years' War: Problems of Motive, Extent, and Effect (Boston, 1964)
- Enterprise and Empire: Merchant and Gentry Investment in the Expansion of England, 1575-1630 (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University PressHarvard University PressHarvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
, 1967) - The Struggle for Stability in Early Modern Europe (Oxford: Oxford University PressOxford University PressOxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...
, 1975) - Renaissance Lives: Portraits of an Age (New York: Pantheon BooksPantheon BooksPantheon Books is an American imprint with editorial independence that is part of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.The current editor-in-chief at Pantheon Books is Dan Frank.-Overview:...
, 1993) - Jacobean Gentleman: Sir Edwin Sandys, 1561-1629 (Princeton: Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
, 1998) - Emergence of International Business 1200-1800, Volume III: Enterprise and Empire (New York: Taylor & FrancisTaylor & FrancisTaylor & Francis Group is an international company originating in the United Kingdom which publishes books and academic journals. It is a division of Informa plc, a United Kingdom-based publisher and conference company.- Overview :...
, 1999) - The Last Days of the Renaissance & the March to Modernity (New York: Basic BooksBasic BooksBasic Books is a book publisher founded in 1952 and located in New York. It publishes books in the fields of psychology, philosophy, economics, science, politics, sociology, current affairs, and history.-History:...
, 2006)
With Robert I. RotbergRobert I. RotbergRobert I. Rotberg is an American who served as President emeritus of the World Peace Foundation . An American professor in governance and foreign affairs, he was director of the Program on Intrastate Conflict, Conflict Prevention, and Conflict Resolution at Harvard University's John F...
- The Family in History: Interdisciplinary Essays (New York: Harper & Row, 1973)
- Marriage and Fertility: Studies in Interdisciplinary History (Princeton: Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
, 1980) - Climate and History: Studies in Interdisciplinary History (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981)
- Industrialization and Urbanization: Studies in Interdisciplinary History (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1981)
- The New History, the 1980s and Beyond: Studies in Interdisciplinary History (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1982)
- Hunger and History: The Impact of Changing Food Production and Consumption Patterns on Society (Cambridge: Cambridge University PressCambridge University PressCambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
, 1985) - Population and Economy: Population and History from the Traditional to the Modern World (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986)
- Art and History: Images and Their Meaning (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988)
- The Origin and Prevention of Major Wars (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989)
with Ezra Suleiman
- The Making and Unmaking of Democracy: Lessons from History and World Politics (New York: RoutledgeRoutledgeRoutledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, 2002)
In the Journal of Interdisciplinary HistoryJournal of Interdisciplinary HistoryThe Journal of Interdisciplinary History is a peer-reviewed academic journal published four times a year by the MIT Press. It covers a broad range of historical themes and periods, linking history to other academic fields.-Contents:...
- 'The Historian and the Climatologist', 10 (1980): 831-837
- 'Coherence, Synthesis, and Quality in History', 12 (1981): 315-332
- 'The Development of Quantification in Historical Research', 13 (1983): 591-601
- 'The Interdisciplinary Nature of American History', 16 (1985): 103-106
- 'The Evidence of Art: Images and Meaning in History', 17 (1986): 1-6
- 'History and Religion: Interpretation and Illumination', 23 (1993): 445-451
- 'The Historian and Art: A New Maturity', 33 (2002): 87-93
- 'How Italian Was the Renaissance?', 33 (2003): 569-575
- 'Opera, Musicology, and History', 36 (2006): 321-330
Review Articles
- 'The Historian and the Art Historian', 4 (1973): 107-117
- 'The Historian and the Art Historian Revisited', 14 (1984): 647-655
- 'The Historian and the Art Historian, III: Recent Work on the Seventeenth Century', 20 (1990): 437-444
- 'Historians and Art Historians: A Lowering of Sights?', 27 (1996): 87-94
In Past & PresentPast & PresentPast & Present is a British historical academic journal, which was a leading force in the development of social history. It was founded in 1952 by a combination of Marxist and non-Marxist historians. The Marxist historians included members of the Communist Party Historians Group, including E. P...
- 'Religion and the Rise of Modern Science', 31 (1965): 111-126
- 'Science, Religion and Society in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries', 33 (1966): 148
- 'Free Trade and the Gentry in the Parliament of 1604', 40 (1968): 165-173
- 'The Advent of Printing and the Problem of the Renaissance: A Comment', 52 (1971): 135-140
- 'The Role of the Commons', 92 (1981): 55-78
Other Journals
- 'The Effects of the Thirty Years' War on the German Economy', The Journal of Modern HistoryThe Journal of Modern HistoryThe Journal of Modern History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering European intellectual, political, and cultural history, published by the University of Chicago Press in cooperation with the Modern European History Section of the American Historical Association...
, 34 (1962): 40-51 - 'The Editions of Sir Edwin Sandys's "Relation of the State of Religion"', The Huntington Library Quarterly, 26 (1963): 323-336
- 'Sir Edwin Sandys and the Parliament of 1604', The American Historical Review, 69 (1964): 646-670
- 'Investment in English Overseas Enterprise, 1575-1630', The Economic History ReviewThe Economic History ReviewThe Economic History Review is a peer-reviewed history journal published quarterly by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Economic History Society. It was established in 1927 by Eileen Power and is edited by Steve Hindle and Steven Broadberry. Its first editors were E. Lipson and R. H. Tawney and...
, 19 (1966): 70-81 - 'On Nominalism and Idealism, Historical and Statistical: A Response to Roger Schofield', The Historical Journal, 15 (1972): 788-793
- 'The Expansion of Europe and the Spirit of Capitalism', The Historical Journal, 17 (1974): 675-689
- 'Court Festivals of the European Renaissance: Art, Politics and Performance', English Historical Review, 118 (2003): 1384-1385
- 'Observations - Why Michelangelo Matters: His spiritual World has Vanished, But the Master's Quest for Perfection is Rightly Irresistible', Commentary, 122 (2006): 56
- 'Those Who Do Not Learn History...', Chronicle of Higher Education, 53 (2007)
Review articles
- 'Parliament and Society in Early Stuart England: The Legacy of Wallace Notestein', The American Historical Review, 77 (1972): 705-714
- 'Early Modern Europe from Above and Below', The Journal of Modern HistoryThe Journal of Modern HistoryThe Journal of Modern History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering European intellectual, political, and cultural history, published by the University of Chicago Press in cooperation with the Modern European History Section of the American Historical Association...
, 45 (1973): 456-462