James A. Henretta (born November 18, 1940) is an American historian.[1][2] He is a Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Maryland, College Park.[3] Henretta is a Fulbright Scholar, and has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.[4]

James Henretta
Born
James A. Henretta

(1940-11-18) November 18, 1940 (age 85)
Alma materSwarthmore College
Harvard University
OccupationHistorian

He graduated from Swarthmore College and Harvard University.

Selected works

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  • Documents for America's History, Volume 1: To 1877
  • America: A Concise History
  • Narrative Life of Frederick Douglass
  • Evolution and Revolution
  • "Salutary Neglect": Colonial Administration Under the Duke of Newcastle[5]
  • The Evolution of American Society, 1700-1815: An Interdisciplinary Analysis
  • Documents to Accompany America's History, Volume I: To 1877

References

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  1. "James A. Henretta is an American historian : One video in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1995 Video Magazine". C-span.org. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  2. "Library of Congress LCCN Permalink n86140694". lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved October 26, 2018.
  3. "James A. Henretta". Macmillanlearning.com. Archived from the original on September 13, 2017. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  4. "henretta - History Department". History.umd.edu. Retrieved July 18, 2017.[permanent dead link]
  5. Perkins, Edwin J. (2012). "Forty years of "Salutary Neglect": a retrospective". Reviews in American History. 40 (3): 370–375. doi:10.1353/rah.2012.0059. ISSN 0048-7511. JSTOR 41678577. S2CID 143784796. Retrieved March 9, 2021.
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