Iggers, Georg G(erson)

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IGGERS, Georg G(erson)

IGGERS, Georg G(erson). American (born Germany), b. 1926. Genres: History. Career: State University of New York, Buffalo, Professor of History, 1965-97, Distinguished Professor, 1978-97, Emeritus Professor, 1997-. Member of faculty, University of Akron, OH, 1948-50, Philander Smith College, Little Rock, AR, 1950-56, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1956-57, Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1957-63, Tulane University, New Orleans, 1958-60, 1963, and Roosevelt University, Chicago, 1963-65. Publications: The Cult of Authority: The Political Philosophy of the Saint-Simonians, 1958; The German Conception of History, 1968; New Directions in European Historiography: Four Essays, 1975; The Social History of Politics, 1986; Geschichtswissenschaft im 20. Jahrhundert, 1993; Historiography in the Twentieth Century, 1997; (with W. Iggers) Zwei Seiten der Geschichte, 2002. EDITOR: (and trans.) The Doctrine of Saint-Simon: An Exposition, 1972; (with K. von Moltke) Leopold von Ranke: The Theory and Practice of History, 1973; (with H.T. Parker) International Handbook of Historical Studies, 1979; (with J. Powell) Leopold von Ranke and the Shaping of Historical Discipline, 1990; Marxist Historiography in Transition, 1991; (with Q.E. Wang) Turning Points in Historiography, 2002. Address: 100 Ivyhurst Rd, Buffalo, NY 14226, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]