William Henry Chafe
Author of The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II
About the Author
William H. Chafe is Alice Mary Baldwin Professor of History at Duke University. He is the author or coeditor of several books, including A History of Our Time: Readings on postwar America, Eighth Edition (OUP, 2011), and The Rise and fall of the American Century: The United States from 1890-2009 show more (OUP, 2009). He is a former president of the Organization of American Historians and his books have been recognized with the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award (1981), the Sidney Hillman Book Award (1994), and the Lillian Smith Book Award (2003). show less
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Works by William Henry Chafe
Remembering Jim Crow: African Americans Tell About Life in the Segregated South (2001) — Senior editor — 171 copies
Civilities and Civil Rights : Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Black Struggle for Freedom (1980) 113 copies
Never Stop Running: Allard Lowenstein and the Struggle to Save American Liberalism (1993) 36 copies, 1 review
Private Lives/Public Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern America (2005) 20 copies, 2 reviews
Associated Works
Race, Class, and Gender in the United States: An Integrated Study (1992) — Contributor, some editions — 518 copies
Booknotes: America's Finest Authors on Reading, Writing, and the Power of Ideas (1997) — Contributor — 438 copies, 5 reviews
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- Birthdate
- 1942
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Education
- Columbia University (PhD|1971)
Harvard College (History|1962) - Occupations
- professor (History)
- Organizations
- Duke University
Organization of American Historians
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- Works
- 16
- Also by
- 6
- Members
- 1,042
- Popularity
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- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 64