Steven Hahn
Historian of the American South, slavery and emancipation; NYU professor and 2004 Pulitzer Prize winner.
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- Steven Hahn is an American historian and professor of history at New York University.
- He writes on the South, slavery and emancipation, the Populist era, rural cultures and migration.
- His book A Nation Under Our Feet (2003) won the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for History and the Bancroft Prize; his latest book is Illiberal America: A History (2025).
Key facts
- Born
- 18 July 1951, New York City1
- Current role
- Professor of history, New York University1
- Education
- University of Rochester; PhD, Yale University1
- Books
- The Roots of Southern Populism (1983); A Nation Under Our Feet (2003); The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom (2009); A Nation Without Borders (2016); Illiberal America: A History (2025)1
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for History and Bancroft Prize (2004) for A Nation Under Our Feet; Frederick Jackson Turner Award (1984)1
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