biography
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Dunning, William A(rchibald)
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| (1857–1922)
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| biography:
| Historian and educator, born in Plainfield, New Jersey, USA. He studied and taught at Columbia University, New York City, until his death. His major work was a three-volume History of Political Theories (1916), but his chief significance lies in his direction of doctoral research on US history. In particular the Dunning school produced detailed studies of individual states under Reconstruction which contributed to the historical opinion that multi-racial governments had been a failure. His views are now largely rejected. |
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