'David Hackett Fischer' (b.
December 2,
1935) is University Professor and Earl Warren Professor of History at
Brandeis University. His major works have tackled everything from large macroeconomic and cultural trends (''Albion's Seed,'' ''The Great Wave'') to narrative histories of significant events (''Paul Revere's Ride,'' ''Washington's Crossing'') to explorations of
historiography (''Historians' Fallacies'').
He is best known for his major study ''
Albion's Seed,'' which argued that core aspects of American culture stem from several different British
folkways and regional cultures, and the
Pulitzer Prize-winning ''
Washington's Crossing'', a narrative of
George Washington's leadership of the
Continental Army during the winter of
1776-
1777 during the
American Revolutionary War.
He is currently at work on a biography of
Samuel de Champlain, a French explorer and founder of Quebec City.
Selected works
★ ''Liberty and Freedom: A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas'' (2004) ISBN 0-19-516253-6
★ ''
Washington's Crossing (Pivotal Moments in American History)'' (2004) ISBN 0-19-517034-2
★ ''The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History'' (2000) ISBN 0-19-505377-X
★ ''Paul Revere's Ride'' (1995) ISBN 0-19-508847-6
★ ''Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America'' (1989) ISBN 0-19-503794-4
★ ''The Revolution of American Conservatism: The Federalist Party in the Era of Jeffersonian Democracy'' (1976) ISBN 0-226-25135-7
★ ''Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought'' (1970) ISBN 0-06-131545-1
External links
★
A review of David Hackett Fischer's Historians' Fallacies : Toward a Logic of Historical Thought
★
Brandeis University Faculty Guide
★
Brandeis Review profile of Dr. Fischer