Chase C. Mooney | |
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Born | Tennessee, U.S. | September 30, 1913
Died | April 29, 1973 Indiana, U.S. | (aged 59)
Occupation(s) | Historian, college professor |
Chase Curran Mooney (September 30, 1913 – April 29, 1973) was a Guggenheim Fellowship [1] and Rosenwald Fund Fellowship [2]-winning American historian. He specialized in the history of the 19th-century United States. [3]
Born into a family of teachers, [2] he attended Vanderbilt University from undergrad through his Ph.D. [3] Mooney served in the U.S. Army during World War II, working as a senior historian. [3]
His 1957 Slavery in Tennessee was praised at the time of publication as the most complete and definitive work on the topic to that time; [4] the book was reprinted by Negro Universities Press in 1971. [5] He was an associate editor of the Journal of American History from 1963 to 1966. [3]
Mooney's posthumously published biography of William H. Crawford was described as "more than just another rehash of a life...It is consummately a biography of one of Georgia's great men...it is a fine example of historiography brilliantly and sparsely written. Third, it is a source work about a little-known man caught up in commonly known times and places." [6] A native of Tennessee, [4] Mooney taught at Indiana University for most of his career. [3]
Chase C. Mooney | |
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Born | Tennessee, U.S. | September 30, 1913
Died | April 29, 1973 Indiana, U.S. | (aged 59)
Occupation(s) | Historian, college professor |
Chase Curran Mooney (September 30, 1913 – April 29, 1973) was a Guggenheim Fellowship [1] and Rosenwald Fund Fellowship [2]-winning American historian. He specialized in the history of the 19th-century United States. [3]
Born into a family of teachers, [2] he attended Vanderbilt University from undergrad through his Ph.D. [3] Mooney served in the U.S. Army during World War II, working as a senior historian. [3]
His 1957 Slavery in Tennessee was praised at the time of publication as the most complete and definitive work on the topic to that time; [4] the book was reprinted by Negro Universities Press in 1971. [5] He was an associate editor of the Journal of American History from 1963 to 1966. [3]
Mooney's posthumously published biography of William H. Crawford was described as "more than just another rehash of a life...It is consummately a biography of one of Georgia's great men...it is a fine example of historiography brilliantly and sparsely written. Third, it is a source work about a little-known man caught up in commonly known times and places." [6] A native of Tennessee, [4] Mooney taught at Indiana University for most of his career. [3]