User:Richard Jensen
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The account of this former contributor was not re-activated after the server upgrade of March 2022.
retired history professor Interests: American history (political, social & economic); military history, historiography.
Education: Ph.D. (American Studies) 1966, Yale U.; dissertation directed by C. Vann Woodward. Employment: Professor of History, U. of Illinois, Chicago (1973-97), retired; active now as consultant to school districts Books:
- Historians Guide to Statistics (1971; 1974)
- The Winning of the Midwest: Social and Political Conflict, 1888-1896 (1971)
- Illinois: A History (1978, 2001); for chapter 6 see online
- The Evolution of American Electoral Systems' (coauthor, 1981)
- Grass Roots Politics: Parties, Issues, and Voters, 1854-198 (1983).
- World Population (1999)
- World War Two on the Web (2002, coauthor)
- Trans-Pacific Relations: America, Europe and Asia in the Twentieth Century (2003) co-editor and author
- Civil War on the Web (2nd ed. 2003; coauthor)
- Americans at War: Society, Culture, and the Homefront (coeditor vol 4, 2005)
Author of On-Line Resources
- "Scholars Guide to WWW," (1995- updated monthly) published on
numerous History Department WWW pages. For latest version, go to[1]
- "Web Sources for Military History" (1999-, updated monthly) latest version, [2]
- "World Population: A Guide to WWW" (1998-, updated every few months) [3]
- "Guide to Political Research On-Line" (1999-, updated bimonthly)
- "Online Guide to American Political History" (2001-, updated monthly) [5]
- "Railroad History: [6]
- "Civil War & Reconstruction: [7]
- "Vietnam War: [8]