Difference between revisions of "Richard Hofstadter"
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He gave the commencement address in [[1968]] in the wake of that year's tumultuous [[1968 protests|protests]]. Later, he was the graduate dissertation supervisor of [[Eric Foner]], who later took over Hofstadter's chair. | He gave the commencement address in [[1968]] in the wake of that year's tumultuous [[1968 protests|protests]]. Later, he was the graduate dissertation supervisor of [[Eric Foner]], who later took over Hofstadter's chair. | ||
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| + | *[http://beatl.barnard.columbia.edu/columbia68/documents/doc22.htm Text of Richard Hofstadter's 1968 Commencement address] | ||
[[Category:GSAS alumni|Hofstadter]] | [[Category:GSAS alumni|Hofstadter]] | ||
[[Category:Former professors|Hofstadter]] | [[Category:Former professors|Hofstadter]] | ||
Revision as of 01:02, 19 November 2007
Richard Hofstadter PhD '45 was an influential public intellectual and DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History.
He gave the commencement address in 1968 in the wake of that year's tumultuous protests. Later, he was the graduate dissertation supervisor of Eric Foner, who later took over Hofstadter's chair.
