George M. Fredrickson

George M. Fredrickson
Born	July 16, 1934 Bristol, Conn., USA
Died	February 25, 2008 Palo Alto, Calif., USA
Nationality	USA
Occupation	U.S. and Comparative Historian
Known for	Author of White Supremacy: a Comparative Study in American and South African History

George M. Fredrickson (July 16, 1934 - February 25, 2008) was the Edgar E. Robinson Professor of U.S. History at Stanford University from 1984 until the time of his retirement in 2002. He was a pioneer in the fields of comparative history and the history of racism and white supremacy. He was president of the Organization of American Historians.

Awards

1982 Merle Curti Award for White Supremacy: A Comparative Study of American and South African History
1982 Pulitzer Prize for History finalist ^[1]

Works

White Supremacy: A Comparative Study in American and South African History. Oxford University Press. 1982. ISBN 9780195030426. http://books.google.com/books?id=sXNmy2n6-1EC&pg=PP1&dq=George+M.+Fredrickson&lr=&ei=La_vSpihL4WSNdSLwIcM#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
Racism: A Short History. Princeton University Press. 2002. ISBN 9780691008998. http://books.google.com/books?id=Nr5MFIbs9PIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=George+M.+Fredrickson&lr=&ei=fK7vSvmbOZnGM8GupaoG#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
The comparative imagination: on the history of racism, nationalism, and social movements. University of California Press. 2000. ISBN 9780520224841. http://books.google.com/books?id=l0dBrYPrCaAC&pg=PP1&dq=George+M.+Fredrickson&lr=&ei=fK7vSvmbOZnGM8GupaoG#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
The arrogance of race: historical perspectives on slavery, racism, and social inequality. Wesleyan University Press. 1988. ISBN 9780819562173. http://books.google.com/books?id=PJySQbQPCwQC&pg=PP1&dq=George+M.+Fredrickson&lr=&ei=La_vSpihL4WSNdSLwIcM#v=onepage&q=&f=false.

Maurice Smethurst Evans (2001). Black and white in the southern states: a study of the race problem in the United States from a South African point of view. Introduction George M. Fredrickson. University of South Carolina Press. ISBN 9781570034091. http://books.google.com/books?id=QOFddG46Lm0C&pg=PP1&dq=George+M.+Fredrickson&lr=&ei=7K_vSpqzDpT2NL2I3LQI#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
Nancy Foner, George M. Fredrickson, ed (2005). Not Just Black and White: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States. Russell Sage Foundation. ISBN 9780871542700. http://books.google.com/books?id=uHmccaV4MuAC&pg=PP1&dq=George+M.+Fredrickson&lr=&ei=orDvSvfpJ5WqMtLIpesL#v=onepage&q=&f=false.

References

^ http://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/1982