William Leach is an American historian. He is professor emeritus of history at Columbia University.
Education edit
He received a BA from Rutgers in 1965 and a PhD from the University of Rochester in 1976.[1]
Awards and honors edit
His book Land of Desire was a finalist for the 1993 National Book Award and received the Herbert Hoover Book Award from the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum.[2]
Books edit
- Butterfly People. An American Encounter With the Beauty of the World (2013)[3]
- Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life (1999)[4]
- Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture (1993)[5]
- True Love and Perfect Union: The Feminist Reform of Sex and Society (1980)[6]
References edit
- ^ "Leach, William". columbia.edu. September 2, 2016.
- ^ "Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture". National Book Foundation.
- ^ "Butterfly People: An American Encounter with the Beauty of the World by William R Leach". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ^ "Country of Exiles: The Destruction of Place in American Life by William Leach". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ^ "Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture by William Leach". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
- ^ Carol S. Lasser (1982). "Book review". The Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 13 (2). The MIT Press: 375–377. JSTOR 203135.