Theodore Saloutos
American historian
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| Intro | American historian | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Historian | |
| Work field | Social science | |
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| Birth | 3 August 1910, Milwaukee | |
| Death | 15 November 1980 (aged 70 years) |
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Biography
Theodore Saloutos (August 3, 1910 – November 15, 1980) was an American academic historian whose main areas of research included:
agrarian politics and reform movements
immigration studies
Greek immigration into the United States
Education
Saloutos's undergraduate education was Milwaukee State Teacher’s College from where he was awarded a BA in 1933. He took a Ph.D. in History from the University of Wisconsin.
Employment
In 1945 he gained a post as lecturer in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles becoming a full professor in 1955. He stayed there till his retirement.
Evidence of Notability
Between 1965-1966 he was president of the Agriculture History Society. In 1973 he was elected as the president of the Immigration History Society.
Selected Publications
- (1951) Agricultural Discontent in the Middle West, 1900-1939
- (1964) The Greeks of the United States
- (1968) Populism: Reaction or Reform?
- (1982) The American Farmer and the New Deal