David Mark Chalmers | |
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| Born | 1927[1] |
| Died | October 25 2020[1] Gainesville (Florida)[1] |
| Citizenship | American |
| Known for | Hooded Americanism: A History of the Ku Klux Klan (1965) |
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| Institutions | University of Florida |
David Mark Chalmers (1927 - 25 October 2020) was an American historian.[1]
During the Second World War, Chalmers worked for the American army. After the war, he gained his Ph.D. in American history at the University of Rochester.[1] In 1955, he started working as an assistent professor at the University of Florida. During his long career at the university, he was the chair of the University President's Faculty Educational Policy Group.[1]
Chalmers was active in the civil rights movement.[2] He joined the St. Augustine movement in 1964 and was arrested for participating in the protests in St. Augustine, Florida. He was in jail for a week.[2] He was also active in demonstrations against the Vietnam War.[2]
In 1965, he published Hooded Americanism: A History of the Ku Klux Klan. It was reprinted several times and became his most popular work.
Chalmers was married to the Canadian Jean McCormick Chalmers.[1] They had two children.[1]
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Publications
- The social and political ideas of the muckrakers (1964)[3]
- The history of the Standard Oil Company with Ida Minerva Tarbell (1966)
- The muckrake years (1974)
- Neither socialism nor monopoly: Theodore Roosevelt and the decision to regulate the railroads (1976)
- Hooded Americanism: the history of the Ku Klux Klan (1987)
- And the crooked places made straight: the struggle for social change in the 1960s (1991)
- Backfire: how the Ku Klux Klan helped the civil rights movement (2003)
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "David M. Chalmers". Gainesville Sun. 2020-10-27. Archived from the original on 2022-01-31. Retrieved 2022-01-31.
- ^ a b c Aurora Martínez (2020-12-04). "Remembering UF Emeritus Professor David Chalmers". The Independent Florida Alligator. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ David Mark Chalmers (April 1, 1964). "End Papers; The Social And Political Ideas Of The Muckrakers. 127 pages. Citadel. $3.50". The New York Times.
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