Richard White
Richard White
Professor of American History
Margaret Byrne Professor of American History
Field:
United States
Ph.D., University of Washington
M.A., University of Washington
B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz
Richard White is an historian of the United States specializing in the American West, the history of capitalism, environmental history, history and memory, and Native American history. His work has occasionally spilled over into Mexico, Canada, France, Australia and Ireland.
He is a MacArthur Fellow and a recipient of the Mellon Distinguished Professor Award. His work has won numerous academic prizes, and he has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Selected Publications & Projects
Richard White
"Richard White’s study of the collapse into ‘dependency’ of three Native American subsistence economies represents the best kind of interdisciplinary...
Richard White
Whidbey and Camano, two of the largest of the numerous beautiful islands dotting Puget Sound, together form the major part of Island Country. Taking...
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Multimedia
BackStory Interveiw: Historian Richard White and host Ed Ayers discuss the aspirations of most 19th-century Americans, and their wariness about great wealth.
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
