Comment: we need a reference to one or two reliable 3rd party book reviews. (and it wouldn't hurt to know where and when he got his degrees, and his exact title) DGG ( talk ) 06:19, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
Michael W. Fitzgerald | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1956 (age 67–68) |
| Education | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Occupation(s) | Historian, professor, author |
| Spouse | Judy Kutulas |
| Children | 2 |
Michael William Fitzgerald (born 1956) is an American historian, professor, and author. He is a professor of history at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. His scholarly focus is on African-American history, the American Civil War-era, civil rights, and related topics.
Biography edit
Fitgzgerald attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he earned a B.A. degree in history in 1977; followed by a M.A. degree in history, 1981; and a Ph.D. in history in 1986.[1][2] He is married to historian and professor Judy Kutulas,[3] and they have two sons.
His book on Alabama during the Reconstruction era, Reconstruction in Alabama: From Civil War to Redemption in the Cotton South (2017) revisits and updates Walter Lynwood Fleming's book Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama (1905). Reconstruction in Alabama: From Civil War to Redemption in the Cotton South (2017) won the Jules and Frances Landry Award.[4]
Publications edit
- The Union League and Social Change in the Deep South During Reconstruction. LSU Press. 1989.
- Urban Emancipation: Popular Politics in Reconstruction Mobile, 1860–1890. LSU Press. 2002.[5]
- Splendid Failure: Postwar Reconstruction in the American South. Ivan R. Dee. 2007. ISBN 9781566637343.[6][7]
- Reconstruction in Alabama: From Civil War to Redemption in the Cotton South. LSU Press. 2017. ISBN 9780807166062.[8]
References edit
- ^ Directory of History Departments and Organizations in the United States and Canada. American Historical Association, Institutional Services Program. 2000. p. 769.
- ^ Directory of History Departments, Historical Organizations, and Historians. American Historical Association. 2006. p. 422.
- ^ African Studies Center Newsletter. The African Studies Center, UCLA. 1983. p. 16.
- ^ "Reconstruction in Alabama". LSU Press. 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ Anderson, Eric; Fitzgerald, Michael W. (2004-06-01). "Urban Emancipation: Popular Politics in Reconstruction Mobile, 1860–1890. By Michael W. Fitzgerald. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2002. xviii, 301 pp. Cloth, $67.50, ISBN 0-8071-2807-4. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-8071-2837-6.)". Journal of American History. 91 (1): 253. doi:10.2307/3659682. ISSN 0021-8723. JSTOR 3659682.
- ^ Nash, Steven E. (2010). "Splendid Failure: Postwar Reconstruction in the American South (review)". Alabama Review. 63 (3): 232–234. doi:10.1353/ala.2010.0017. ISSN 2166-9961. S2CID 161323038.
- ^ Sengupta, Gunja (January 2009). "Splendid Failure: Postwar Reconstruction in the American South: Fitgerald, Michael W.: Chicago: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher, 256 pp., Publication Date: September 2008". History: Reviews of New Books. 37 (2): 57. doi:10.3200/HIST.37.2.57-78. ISSN 0361-2759. S2CID 142827093.
- ^ Clawson, Jake (September 1, 2018). "Reconstruction in Alabama: From Civil War to Redemption in the Cotton South . By Michael W. Fitzgerald. (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2017. Pp. ppix, 451. $49.95.)". The Historian. 80 (3): 553–555. doi:10.1111/hisn.12936. S2CID 150117209.
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