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L. S. Stavrianos

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L. S. Stavrianos
Born1913
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
DiedMarch 23, 2004(2004-03-23) (aged 91)
La Jolla, California, US
CitizenshipAmerican
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Clark University
Scientific career
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsQueens, Smith, Northwestern, UCSD

Leften Stavros Stavrianos (1913 – March 23, 2004) was a Greek-Canadian historian.[1] His most influential books are considered to be A Global History: From Prehistory to the 21st Century and The Balkans since 1453.[1][2] He was one of the first historians to challenge Orientalist views of the Ottoman Empire.

Biography

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Stavrianos was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1913. He received a B.A. in history from the University of British Columbia, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.[1]

Stavrianos joined the faculty of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario and Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.[2] He then became a professor at Northwestern University in 1946. After retiring from Northwestern in 1973, Stavrianos joined the University of California, San Diego Department of History until 1992.

Bibliography

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  • A Global History: From Prehistory to the 21st Century (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall. 1998 [1970]. ISBN 978-0-13-923897-0.
  • The Balkans since 1453. With an introduction by Traian Stoianovich. New York: NYU Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8147-9766-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Chronological list
  • The Movement for Balkan Unity to 1912 (1937 Clark University dissertation)
  • Balkan Federation: A History of the Movement toward Balkan Unity in Modern Times (1942, 1944)
  • First Balkan Alliance System, 1860-1876 (1942)
  • Greece: The War and Aftermath ... (1945)
  • Greece: American Dilemma and Opportunity (1952)
  • The Ottoman Empire: Was It the Sick Man of Europe? (1957, 3rd ed. 1966)
  • Antecedents to the Balkan Revolutions of the Nineteenth Century (1957)
  • The Balkans Since 1453 (1958, 2nd ed. 2000, 4th ed. 2008)
  • A Global History of Man (1962) (with many co-authors)
  • Readings in World History (1962, 3rd ed. 1970)
  • The Balkans, 1815-1914 (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1963). ISBN 978-0-0308-2841-6
  • The Soviet Union: A Culture Area in Perspective (1964)
  • Sub-Saharan Africa: A Culture in Perspective (1964) (with Loretta Kreider Andrews)
  • Latin America: A Culture Area in Perspective (1965) (with George I. Blankenstein)
  • India: A Culture Area in Perspective (1966) (with Lacey Baldwin Smith)
  • China: A Culture Area in Perspective (1966) (with Roger F. Hackett)
  • The Middle East: A Culture Area in Perspective (1966)
  • The World Since 1500: A Global History (1966)
  • The Epic of Modern Man: A Collection of Readings (Pearson, 1966; 2nd ed. 1971). ISBN 978-0-1328-3333-2
  • The Epic of Man to 1500: A Collection of Readings (1970)
  • The World to 1500: A Global History (Pearson, 1970; 3rd ed. 1983; 7th ed. 1999). ISBN 978-0-1392-3905-2
  • Man's Past and Present: A Global History (Prentice Hall, 1971). ISBN 978-0-1355-2083-3
  • The World of Mankind: Man the Toolmaker (1973)
  • The Promise of the Coming Dark Age (1976)
  • Global Rift: The Third World Comes of Age (Morrow, 1981) ISBN 978-0-6880-0656-3
  • Lifelines from Our Past: A New World History (Routledge, 1989, rev. ed. 1997). ISBN 978-0-7656-0180-3

References

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  1. ^ a b c Quill, Patricia (31 March 2004). "In Memoriam: Professor Leften Stavros Stavrianos". ucsdnews.ucsd.edu. University of California, San Diego. Archived from the original on 3 May 2005.
  2. ^ a b Williams, Jack (4 April 2004). "Leften Stavros Stavrianos, 91; UCSD adjunct history professor". The San Diego Tribune. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.
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