Carl Russell Fish
Carl Russell Fish (October 17, 1876 – July 10, 1932) was a University of Wisconsin–Madison historian.
Biography
Born in
He was again a professor at University of Wisconsin–Madison upon his return to the United States. He remained at Wisconsin until his death of pneumonia after finishing teaching his summer semester classes in 1932. He had a variety of opportunities for teaching elsewhere, and sometimes did teach summers on other campuses, but for the most part he remained at Wisconsin because he found its democratic atmosphere unsurpassed.[1]
He was a fellow of the
Books
- . New York: Longmans, Green, and Co. 1905... at Internet Archive, at Google
- The Development of American Nationality (1913, rev. ed. 1940) - A Textbook
- History of America (1928 2nd ed., American Book Company) [1]
- American Diplomacy (1915, 5th ed. 1929)
- The Path of Empire, A Chronicle Of The United States As A World Power ("Chronicles of America" series, 1919, repr. 1983, Greenwood Press)
- The Rise of the Common Man, 1830–1850 ("History of American Life" Vol. VI, 1927, repr. 1971) online
- The American Civil War: An Interpretation (completed from notes of the author by William E. Smith,[1] 1937).
He also wrote a review of Master's History of the People of the United States in 1914, in The Mississippi Valley Historical Review.
Racism
In the chapter titled "The Plantation Country," Fish describes a typical plantation where some details are not representative of real world history, For example, on page 39 in History of America, Fish wrote,
"The Slaves worked long hours, had none of these foreign luxuries, and were uneducated. They were, however a merry race, for they had no responsibilities. They had a real gift for music, and sang at their work and after it, songs which they had heard or which they had made for themselves."[2]
Personal influence
The Growth of American Nationality, by Professor Fred W. Wellborn, was dedicated to Fish.
Notes
Other sources
- "Professor Fish of U.W. Dies" July 11, 1932, in the Milwaukee Journal. (Found via Google, and the Wisconsin Historical Society Web site.)
External links
- Encyclopedia: Carl Russell Fish at reference.allrefer.com
- Nettels, Curtis P. "Carl Russell Fish, 1876-1932," The Wisconsin alumni magazine, Volume 33, Number X (July 1932), Egstad, H. M. (ed.) p. 305.
- Works by Carl Russell Fish at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Carl Russell Fish at Internet Archive