William G. Thomas III
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| Education | Trinity College University of Virginia |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Employer | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
William G. Thomas III is an American historian. He is a Professor of History and the John and Catherine Angle Professor in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.[1] His research focuses on the Southeastern United States, including slavery, the American Civil War and the New South. He won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016.[2]
Works[]
- Lawyering for the Railroad: Business, Law, and Power in the New South (1999)
- The Iron Way: Railroads, the Civil War, and the Making of Modern America (2011)
- A Question Of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War (2020)
References[]
- ^ "William Thomas III". Department of History. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
- ^ "WILLIAM G. THOMAS III". Guggenheim Foundation. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
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