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* ''Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995) {{ISBN|978-0801850141}}.
* ''Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century'' (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995) {{ISBN|978-0801850141}}.
* ''Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950'' (Temple University Press, 1986) {{ISBN|978-0877223412}}.
* ''Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950'' (Temple University Press, 1986) {{ISBN|978-0877223412}}.
* ''Working For The Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century'' (Princeton University Press, 1983/2014) {{ISBN|978-0691609973}}.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=183_AwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=inauthor:%22Walter+Licht%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijiazLxbDkAhVBY6wKHRqIDToQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century|first=Walter|last=Licht|date=July 14, 2014|publisher=Princeton University Press|via=Google Books}}</ref>
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Revision as of 21:35, 18 March 2021

Walter Licht
Born (1946-07-15) July 15, 1946 (age 78)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard University
University of Chicago
Princeton University
Scientific career
FieldsLabor history, Economic history
InstitutionsUniversity of Pennsylvania

Walter Licht (born July 15, 1946) is an American historian specializing in labor history, economic history, and the history of American capitalism. He is currently Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.[1]

Life and career

Licht earned his B.A. at Harvard University and an M.A. in Sociology at the University of Chicago before moving to Princeton University where he completed an M.A. and Ph.D in History.

He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 1977, and is also the faculty director of the Civic House and the Penn Civic Scholars Program.[2]

Works

  • American Capitalisms: The U.S. Economy in Historic World Perspective. (Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
  • The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century (Cornell University Press, 2005) ISBN 978-0801484735.
  • Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992/2000) ISBN 978-0812217193.
  • Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995) ISBN 978-0801850141.
  • Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950 (Temple University Press, 1986) ISBN 978-0877223412.
  • Working For The Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (Princeton University Press, 1983/2014) ISBN 978-0691609973.[3]

References