Hayden White - University of California, Santa Cruz,Stanford University,Wayne State University,Arthur Danto

Hayden White (born July 12, 1928, Martin, Tennessee) is a historian in the tradition of literary criticism, perhaps most famous for his work Metahistory: The Historical Imagination in Nineteenth-Century Europe (1973). He is currently professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and he recently retired his position of professor of comparative literature at Stanford University.White received his B.A. from Wayne State University in 1951 and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Michigan (1952 and 1956, respectively). While an undergraduate at Wayne State, White studied history under William J. Bossenbrook, who inspired several undergraduates who later went on to achieve academic distinction in the field of history, including White, H. D. "Harry" Harootunian, and Arthur C. Danto (The Uses of History).

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• Assisted by: Epimetheus Chr. Hiram (Editor), Epimetheus Christer Hiram (Editor)
• Publisher: Betascript Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.03.2012
• EAN: 9786137974803
• ISBN: 9786137974803
• No. of pages: 156
• Subject: Guides > Law, job, finance > Letters, rhetoric