| − | '''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. |
| | + | 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. |
| | + | 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. Together, they both entered [[Columbia University]] as graduate students.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=7hCzgbBDlowC&pg=PA22 Making Women's History: The Essential Mary Ritter Beard]</ref> |