Davis, Allen F.

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DAVIS, Allen F.

DAVIS, Allen F. American, b. 1931. Genres: History, Biography. Career: Professor of History, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, 1968-. Instructor, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1959-60; Associate Professor of History, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1960-68. Executive Secretary, 1972-77, President, 1989-90, American Studies Association; Visiting Professor, University of Texas at Austin, 1983. John Adams Chair, University of Amsterdam, 1986-87. Publications: (with J. Cooke and R. Daly) March of American Democracy, vol. 5, 1965; Spearheads for Reform, 1967; American Heroine: The Life and Legend of Jane Addams, 1973; (with J. Watts) Generations, 1974, rev. ed., 1983; (co-author) Still Philadelphia, 1983; (co-author) The American People, 1986, 6th ed., 2003; (co-author) Philadelphia Stories, 1988; (with M.L. McCree Bryant) One-Hundred Years at Hull House, 1990; Postcards from Vermont, 2002. EDITOR: (with H. Woodman) Conflict and Consensus in American History, 1966, 9th ed., 1997; (with M. McCree) Eighty Years at Hull House, 1969; (with M. Haller) The Peoples of Philadelphia, 1973, rev. ed., 1998; Jane Addams on Peace, War and International Understanding, 1976; For Better or Worse, 1981. Address: 2032 Waverly St, Philadelphia, PA 19146, U.S.A.