University of wisconsin. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Gordon wood is recognized as the premier historian of the early american era in when i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians. For all time. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is an honor to have him here in madison. It is an honor to be associated with them. Professor wood went to tufts and harvard and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. Professor wood is noted for his productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. He was not quite sure, i told him, i counted 26. He said, that is far too many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. He has at least 26 books. Three of them stand out. The creation of the american republic, a seminal book that tied everything together in a discussion of the American Revolution. He believes that is h
Substance of his arab spring lecture to the Wisconsin Historical society as part of their lecture series. This talk is just over one hour. It is a pleasure for us to welcome professor wood to madison. It has been 40 years since professor wood has been here. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Gordon wood is recognized as the premier historian of the early american era in when i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is an honor to have him here in madison. Professor wood went to tufts and harvard and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. Professor wood is noted for his productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. I told him, i counted 26. He said, that is far too many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. Three of them stand out. The creation of the am
Professor wood has been here. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Recognized as the premier historian of the early when i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is an honor to have him here in madison. Wood went to tufts and harvard and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. For hisr wood is noted productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. I told him, i counted 26. He said, that is far too many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. Three of them stand out. The creation of the american book that a seminal tied everything together in a discussion of the American Revolution. He won the bancroft prize for that. The radicalism of the American Revolution. And then liberty. Empire of many other volumes in between. Documentarye are editions. Ande volumes on j
This talk with questions from the audience is just over one hour. [applause] it has been 40 years since professor wood has been here. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Gordon wood is recognized as the premier historian of the early American Revolutionary era. When i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians of all time. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is truly an honor to have him here in madison. It is an honor to be associated with him. Ood went to tufts and harvard and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. Professor wood is noted for his productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. He was not quite sure. I told him, i counted 26. He said, that is far too many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. [laughter] he has at least 26 books. Three of them stand out. The creation of the ameri
It has been 40 years since he has been here. He was here in 1976. Every 40 years, we are going to have him back. Gordon wood is recognized as the premier historian of the early od, then peri revolutionary era. When i say that, i do not mean only active historians, i mean of all historians, for all time. He is recognized as at the top of his profession. It is truly an honor to have him here in madison. Its an honor to be associated with him. Professor wood went to tufts and went to harvard for masters and phd and studied under bernard bailey. It is pretty difficult to top that. Just marvelous. Professor wood is noted for his productivity and the quality of his work. I had lunch with him today and i asked him how many books he had published. He wasnt quite sure. I told him, i counted 26. He said, no that is far too , many. He has so many books, he doesnt know how many that he has. [laughter] ande has at least 26 books, three of them them stand out. The creation of the american republic,