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`The Politics of Mercantilism` by Michael Kammen

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Michael G . Kammen is a Newton C . Farr professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University , Ithaca , New York since 1965 ADDIN EN .CITE Confere nce on Culture , Contention and Conflict : Participant Pros2007February 52002Princeton Universityhttp /www .princeton .edu artspol /ccc_pros .htmlMi chael Kammen is the Newtown C . Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University , where he has taught since 1965 . He graduated from The George Washington University in 1958 and received his Ph .D . from

Harvard University in 1964 . From 1977 until 1980 he served as Director of Cornell 's Society for the Humanities , and in 1980-81 , he was the first holder of the chair in American history established by the French government at the Ecole des Hautes Etude en Sciences Sociales in Paris . He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities , the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation , the Spencer Foundation , and the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford . In 1989 he was appointed Regents ' Fellow of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , D .C . His books include A Machine That Would Go of Itself : The Constitution in American Culture (1986 , which received both the Francis Parkman Prize and the Henry Adams Prize Spheres of Liberty : Changing Perceptions of Liberty in American Culture (1986 A Season of Youth : The American Revolution and the Historical Imagination (1978 Colonial New York : A History (1975 People of Paradox : An Inquiry Concerning the Origins of American Civilization (1972 awarded the Pulitzer Prize for History Empire and Interest : The American Colonies and the Politics of Mercantilism (1970 and A Rope of Sand : The Colonial Agents , British Politics , and the American Revolution (1968 . In 1975-76 he served as host and moderator for The States of the Union ' a series of fifty one-hour programs broadcast by National Public Radio "Conference on Culture , Contention and Conflict : Participant Pros . He finished college at The George Washington University in 1958 and achieved his Ph .D . from Harvard University in 1964 ADDIN EN .CITE Confere nce on Culture , Contention and Conflict : Participant Pros2007February 52002Princeton Universityhttp /www .princeton .edu artspol /ccc_pros .htmlMi chael Kammen is the Newtown C . Farr Professor of American History and Culture at Cornell University , where he has taught since 1965 . He graduated from The George Washington University in 1958 and received his Ph .D . from Harvard University in 1964 . From 1977 until 1980 he served as Director of Cornell 's Society for the Humanities , and in 1980-81 , he was the first holder of the chair in American history established by the French government at the Ecole des Hautes Etude en Sciences Sociales in Paris . He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities , the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation , the Spencer Foundation , and the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences at Stanford . In 1989 he was appointed Regents ' Fellow of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington , D .C . His books include A Machine That Would Go of Itself : The Constitution in American Culture...

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