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David M. Kennedy is a Professor of History at Stanford University. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War 1929-1945, which...
B.A., Stanford University, 1963, History. Reflecting his interdisciplinary training in American Studies, which combined the fields of history, literature, and economics, Professor Kennedy's scholarship is notable for its integration of economic and cultural analysis with social and political history.
DAVID M. KENNEDY is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus and Co-Director. of the Bill Lane Center for the American West at Stanford University. He is the author of the Pulitzer. Prize winning Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. Political Science Quarterly Volume 124 Number 2 2009251.
By David M. Kennedy. Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II.Freedom from Fear tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities.
Apr 29, 2020 · April 29, 2020. The Great Depression demonstrated the indispensable role of government, says Stanford scholar. With the U.S. anticipating an economic downturn not seen since the Great Depression, historian David M. Kennedy reflects on how that calamitous event was a watershed moment in U.S. history and transformed American institutions.
Advisory Council Member. A founding co-director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West, David Kennedy is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University. Professor Kennedy received the Dean’s Award for Distinguished Teaching in 1988.
Feb 28, 2024 · Feb 2024. Professor David M. Kennedy is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University and the former Director at the Bill Lane Center for the American West. His research focuses on the history of the United States, primarily in the twentieth century.
