John L. Brooke

John L. Brooke (born 1953)^[1] is an American historian.

Life

Brooke graduated from Cornell University in 1975, and from the University of Pennsylvania, with an M.A. and Ph.D. in 1982. He taught at Franklin & Marshall College, Amherst College, and Tufts University. He most recently teaches at Ohio State University.^[2]

Awards

• 1991 Merle Curti Award for Intellectual History from the Organization of American Historians ^[3]
• National Historical Society Book Prize
• 1995 Bancroft Prize
• 1997 Guggenheim Fellow ^[4]
• National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship

Works

• The Heart of the Commonwealth: Society and Political Culture in Worcester County Massachusetts, 1713-1861. Cambridge University Press. 1989. ISBN 9780521673396.  (2nd edition 2005)
• The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844. Cambridge University Press. 1994. ISBN 9780521565646. http://books.google.com/books?id=eyvftt-1F_kC&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:John+inauthor:L+inauthor:Brooke&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 

References

External links

• Works by or about John L. Brooke in libraries (WorldCat catalog)