Joseph Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 – March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War...
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3–4 Nevins, 6 Nevins, 9 Graff, 7 Nevins, 10; Graff, 3 Nevins, 11; Graff, 8–9 Nevins, 11 Jeffers, 17 Nevins, 17–19 Tugwell, 14 Nevins, 21 Nevins, 18–19;...
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historian Allan Nevins. Two further volumes, intended to cover the Reconstruction era, were planned, but not written as a result of Nevins's 1971 death...
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historians began to appear as the Depression ended. Business historian Allan Nevins advanced the "Industrial Statesman" thesis in his John D. Rockefeller:...
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University in 1982. In 1983, the Economic History Association awarded him the Allan Nevins Prize for the Best Dissertation in U.S. or Canadian Economic History...
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conservative." Allan Nevins argued that the Civil War was an "irrepressible" conflict, adopting a phrase from Senator William H. Seward. Nevins synthesized...
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the utter downfall of Abolitionism". Historians James M. McPherson and Allan Nevins state that though the results looked very troubling, they could be seen...
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Welch, 111 Graff, 113-114 Nevins, 528–529; Graff, 115–116 Nevins, 531–533 Nevins, 529 Nevins, 530–531 Nevins, 532–533 Nevins, 533; Graff, 116 Welch, 121...
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widely celebrated and became a bestseller. It includes a foreword by Allan Nevins. John F. Kennedy, then a U.S. senator, won the Pulitzer Prize for the...
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articles on notable figures that scholarly biography gained momentum. Allan Nevins, a prominent contributor to the Dictionary, wrote prize-winning full-length...
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