Gerald Danzer | |
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Born | Gerald A. Danzer November 9, 1938 |
Nationality | American |
Education | Northwestern University (PhD) |
Occupation | Historian |
Gerald A. Danzer (born November 9, 1938) is professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is a specialist in historical geography, world history, and the use of old maps as historical sources.
Early life
[edit]Gerald Danzer was born on November 9, 1938. He received his Ph.D from Northwestern University in 1967 for a dissertation on the subject of "America's Roots in the Past: Historical Publication in America to 1860".[1]
Career
[edit]Danzer is professor emeritus of history at the University of Illinois Chicago[2] where he has taught an MA program for teachers of history for over thirty years.[3] He is a specialist in historical geography, world history, and the use of old maps as historical sources. He is a former director of the Chicago Neighborhood History Project.[4]
Selected publications
[edit]1980s
[edit]- People Space and Time. The Chicago Neighborhood History Project: An Introduction to Community History for Schools. University Press Of America, 1986. (Joint author) ISBN 0819152226
- Public Places: Exploring Their History. Altamira Press, 1987.[5] ISBN 0761989315
1990s
[edit]- Discovering Western Civilization Through Maps and Views. Harper Collins, 1991. (With David Buisseret) ISBN 0673535967
- Mapping World History: A Guide for Beginning Students. Harper Collins, 1992. ISBN 0065005600
- The Americans. McDougal Littell, Evanston, 1998. (Multiple later and variant editions) ISBN 0395851823
- World History: An Atlas and Study Guide. Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN 0130953822
2000s
[edit]- An Atlas of World History. Borders Press, 2000. ISBN 0681465727
- The Americans: Reconstruction to the 21st Century. McDougal Littell, Evanston, 2003.
- Maps in Context: A Workbook for American History, Volume I. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004. ISBN 978-0312434816
- Maps in Context: A Workbook for American History, Volume II. Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004. ISBN 978-0312434823
- Chicago's Historic Maps: Resources for Understanding the City. Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Springfield, 2007. ISBN 9780942579253
- Illinois: A History in Pictures. University of Illinois Press, 2011.[4][6] ISBN 978-0252032882
- The World's Columbian Exposition, 1893: Reconstructing the Geography of Chicago's World's Fair by way of a Fire Insurance Atlas. Privately printed, Chicago, 2014.
References
[edit]- ^ America's roots in the past. WorldCat. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ Danzer, Gerald A. "UI Press - Gerald A. Danzer - Illinois: A History in Pictures". www.press.uillinois.edu.
- ^ Gerald A. Danzer. World History Sources, George Mason University. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ a b "Q&A with Gerald Danzer, author of Illinois: A History in Pictures | Illinois Press Blog". www.press.uillinois.edu. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ Public Places: Exploring Their History. Indiana Magazine of History, June 1989. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
- ^ "Brian Mackey: New book pictures Illinois' past". The Herald News, Fall River, MA. Retrieved 2017-07-17.