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'''Charles Austin Beard''' (November 27, 1874 - September 1, 1948) was, (along with [[Frederick Jackson Turner]]) one of the most influential American historians of the early 20th century.  He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw College in Indiana 1898, where he met and eventually married [[Mary Ritter Beard]], his lifelong collaborator and coauthor. She was an early specialist in women's history.  Charles Beard was a leading liberal and probably the most influential single force in providing a liberal interpretation of American history, and an emphasis on material and economic factors as opposed to ideas or religious values.  However, in his last decade he became a bitter opponent of  the interventionist foreign policy of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and his attacks on Roosevelt were warmly received by conservatives.  Since 1960 his influence on history writing has declined sharply.

'''Charles Austin Beard''' (November 27, 1874 - September 1, 1948) was, (along with [[Frederick Jackson Turner]]) one of the most influential American historians of the early 20th century.  He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks and interpretive studies in both history and political science. He graduated from DePauw College in Indiana 1898, where he met and eventually married [[Mary Ritter Beard]], his lifelong collaborator and coauthor. She was an early specialist in women's history.  Charles Beard was a leading liberal and probably the most influential single force in providing a liberal interpretation of American history, and an emphasis on material and economic factors as opposed to ideas or religious values.  However, in his last decade he became a bitter opponent of  the interventionist foreign policy of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], and his attacks on Roosevelt were warmly received by conservatives.  Since 1960 his influence on history writing has declined sharply.

==Progressive historiography==

==Progressive historiography==

As a leader of the "Progressive School" of historiography, he introduced themes of economic self-interest and economic conflict regarding the adoption of the Constitution and the transformations caused by the Civil War.  

As a leader of the "Progressive School" of historiography, he introduced themes of economic self-interest and economic conflict regarding the adoption of the Constitution and the transformations caused by the Civil War.

 

===Constitution===

===Constitution===

His study of the financial interests of the drafters of the [[United States Constitution]] (''An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution'') was radical in 1913, since he proposed that the U.S. Constitution was less a matter of political values and more a product of economic interests of the founding fathers. That is, he saw ideology as a minor byproduct of economic interests.   

His study of the financial interests of the drafters of the [[United States Constitution]] (''An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution'') was radical in 1913, since he proposed that the U.S. Constitution was less a matter of political values and more a product of economic interests of the founding fathers. That is, he saw ideology as a minor byproduct of economic interests.