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John William Higham (October 26, 1920 – July 26, 2003) was an American historian, scholar of American culture, historiography and ethnicity. [1] In the 1950s he was a prominent critic of consensus history .
John Higham, a pathbreaking scholar of American culture and ethnicity and a leading critical voice in the discipline, died July 26, 2003, in Baltimore from a cerebral aneurism. Higham represented the best impulses of the generation of historians that came to professional consciousness during World War II, particularly its generous hopes for the ...
John Higham, an eminent historian of American culture and of the interplay of ethnic and national identity in the United States, died Saturday at his home in Baltimore of a massive cerebral aneurism. He was 82.
Aug 18, 2003 · John Higham, a cultural historian who examined the interplay of ethnic and national identity in the United States, died July 26 at his home in Baltimore. He was 82.
As the most influential analyst of nativism. in the history of the United States, Higham spawned a generation of young scholars who reexamined the notable facets of immigrant and. minority group history. To be sure, public awakenings to the vitality of. America's minorities in the 1960s also contributed to this same phe. nomenon.
HIGHAM, John 1920-2003. PERSONAL: Born October 26, 1920, in Jamaica, NY; died July 26, 2003; son of Lloyd Stuart and Margaret (Windred) Higham; married Eileen Moss, August 26, 1948; children: Constance, Margaret, Jay, Daniel. Education: Johns Hopkins University, B.A., 1941; University of Wisconsin, M.A., 1942, Ph.D., 1949.
Aug 20, 2003 · John Higham, who described himself as “an old-fashioned historian” because he continued to analyze the United States as a melting pot while contemporaries increasingly focused on overlooked...
