Richard Beeman

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Richard Roy Beeman (May 6, 1942 – September 6, 2016) was an American historian and biographer specializing in the American Revolution. Born in Seattle,[1] he published multiple books, and was the John Walsh Centennial Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.[2] Beeman was the 2003-4 Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History. He also served as the director of the , on the Board of Trustees of the National Constitution Center,[3] and as the editor of American Quarterly.[4] He died in his home outside of Philadelphia from complications due to ALS.[5]

Works[]

Books[]

  • The Old Dominion and the New Nation, 1788-1801 (1972) (ISBN 9780813112695)
  • Patrick Henry: A Biography (1974) (ISBN 978-0070042803)
  • Beyond Confederation: Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity (1987) (ISBN 9780807841723)
  • The Evolution of the Southern Backcountry: A Case Study of Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1832 (1989) (ISBN 9780812212983)
  • The Varieties of Political Experience in Eighteenth-Century America (2004) (ISBN 9780807841723)
  • The Penguin Guide to the United States Constitution: A Fully Annotated Declaration of Independence, U. S. Constitution and Amendments, and Selections from the Federalist Papers (2010) (ISBN 9780143118107)
  • Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution (2010) (ISBN 9780812976847)
  • Our Lives, Our Fortunes, Our Sacred Honor: Americans Choose Independence (2013) (ISBN 9780465026296)

Articles[4][]

  • "Benjamin Franklin and the American Enlightenment", in The Intellectual World of Benjamin Franklin (Dilys P. Winegrad, ed., 1990) (ISBN 0812213262)
  • "The Debate Over Ratification in Virginia", Proceedings of the Leon Jaworski Constitutional Institute (American Bar Association, 1993)
  • "Deference, Republicanism and the Emergence of Popular Politics in Eighteenth Century America", William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd series (1993) (ISSN 0043-5597; 1933-7698)
  • "Republicanism and the First American Party System", in Parties and Politics in American History (L. Sandy Maisel, and William G. Shade, eds., 1994) (ISBN 0815316909)
  • "Small Things Remembered: Writing The History of Everyday Life in Early America", American Quarterly, 42 (March 1990) (ISSN 0003-0678)
  • "The Colonial Period of American History", in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th ed. (ISBN 978-1593398378)
  • "The First American Party System", in the Encyclopaedia of Political Parties and Elections in the United States (L. Sandy Maisel, ed., 1991) (ISBN 978-0824079758)
  • "Self-Evident Fictions: Divine Right, Popular Sovereignty, and the Myth of the Constituent Power in the Anglo-American World", University of Texas Law Review, 67 (June 1989)
  • "The Revolutionary Character of the American Constitution", The Valley Forge Journal, III (1987)
  • "The Democratic Faith of Patrick Henry", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 95 (1987) (ISSN 0042-6636)
  • "Thomas Jefferson and the American Revolution", in Thomas Jefferson: A Reference Biography (Merrill Petersen, ed., 1986) (ISBN 978-0684180694)
  • "The Political Response to Social Conflict in the Southern Backcountry: A Comparative View of Virginia and the Carolinas During the Revolution", in An Uncivil War: The Southern Backcountry in the American Revolution (Ronald Hoffman and Thad Tate, eds., 1985) (ISBN 978-0813910512)
  • "Cultural Conflict and Social Change in the Revolutionary South: A Case Study of Lunenburg County, Virginia", with Rhys Isaac, Journal of Southern History, XLVI (November 1980) (ISSN 0022-4642)
  • "The Social Functions of the Law in Colonial America", Reviews in American History, X (1982)(ISSN 0048-7511)
  • "A New Era in Female History", Reviews in American History, IX (September 1981) (ISSN 0048-7511)
  • "Robert Munford and the Political Culture of Frontier Virginia", Journal of American Studies, XII (1978) (ISSN 0021-8758)
  • "The New Social History and the Search for 'Community' in Early America", American Quarterly, XXIX (1977) (ISSN 0003-0678)
  • "Social Change and Cultural Conflict in Virginia: Lunenburg County, 1746-1774", William and Mary Quarterly, 3rd series, XXXV (1978) (ISSN 0043-5597; 1933-7698)
  • "The Colonial Frontier", in America's Historylands (Daniel J. Boorstin, ed., 1977) (ISBN 978-0870440038)
  • "Trade and Travel in Post-Revolutionary Virginia: A Diary of an Itinerant Peddler", Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 84 (1976) (ISSN 0042-6636)
  • "Labor Forces and Race Relations: A Comparative View of the Colonization of Brazil and Virginia", Political Science Quarterly, LXXVI (1971) (ISSN 0032-3195)
  • "Unlimited Debate in the Senate: The First Phase", Political Science Quarterly, LXXXIII (1968) (ISSN 0032-3195)

Awards[]

References[]

  1. ^ www.encyclopedia.com
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b University of Pennsylvania. "Richard Beeman - Department of History - University of Pennsylvania". University of Pennsylvania. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  3. ^ "Board of Trustees - National Constitution Center". National Constitution Center – constitutioncenter.org. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Beeman, Richard. "Richard Beeman's Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). University of Pennsylvania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-28. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  5. ^ http://www.thedp.com:8080/article/2016/09/richard-beeman-dies-at-74
  6. ^ The National Book Foundation (2007). "1975 National Book Awards and Finalists, The National Book Foundation". The National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  7. ^ C.V. Starr Center. "George Washington Book Prize - Past Winners". Washington College. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  8. ^ The Athenaeum of Philadelphia (2011). "Athenaeum of Philadelphia--Literary Award". The Athenaeum of Philadelphia. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
  9. ^ "Oxford University Gazette, 13 January 2000: Notices". Oxford University Gazette. Oxford University. 2000-01-13. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
Retrieved from ""