Leuchtenburg William

William Edward Leuchtenburg, né le 28 septembre 1922 à Ridgewood (New York) et mort le 28 janvier 2025 à Chapel Hill (Caroline du Nord), est un historien américain. Il est professeur émérite d'histoire William Rand Kenan Jr. à l'Université de Caroline du Nord à Chapel Hill et un spécialiste reconnu de la vie et de la carrière de Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 

Jeunesse et éducation

Leuchtenberg, originaire du Queens, à New York, est né le 28 septembre 1922. Il était d'origine allemande et irlandaise. Dans la série documentaire Prohibition de Ken Burns, il a raconté, enfant, comment son père avait été dénoncé pour exploitation d'une distillerie illégale pendant la Prohibition. Il a obtenu sa licence en 1943 à l'Université Cornell, où il a été admis à la Phi Beta Kappa Society. Il a ensuite obtenu son doctorat à l'Université Columbia en 1951.

Historien

Leuchtenberg a enseigné à l'Université Columbia et à l'Université de Caroline du Nord à Chapel Hill. Il a remporté le Prix de littérature de Caroline du Nord en 2007. Il a été consultant pour la série documentaire Prohibition de Ken Burns, diffusée pour la première fois sur PBS en octobre 2011. Il a été président de l'American Historical Association, de l'Organisation des historiens américains et de la Société des historiens américains. Eric Foner est le seul autre historien à revendiquer cette distinction.

Vie et décès

Le mariage de Leuchtenberg avec Jean McIntire, qui s'est soldé par un divorce, a donné naissance à trois enfants. Il a ensuite épousé Jean Anne Williams. Leuchtenberg était un démocrate, délégué à la Convention nationale démocrate de 1952 et militant pour des causes libérales. Leuchtenberg a eu 100 ans le 28 septembre 2022 et est décédé à son domicile de Chapel Hill, en Caroline du Nord, le 28 janvier 2025, à l'âge de 102 ans.

Publications

William Leuchtenburg est l'auteur de plus d'une douzaine de livres sur l'histoire du XXe siècle dont Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal,, 1932-1940, lauréat du prix Bancroft (1963), un volume de la série New American Nation co-édité par son mentor Henry Steele Commager et Richard B. Morris. Il écrit aussi :

• « Progressivism and Imperialism: The Progressive Movement and American Foreign Policy, 1898-1916 ». Revue historique de la vallée du Mississippi 39.3 (1952) : 483-504. 
• « Roosevelt, Norris and the 'Seven Little TVA'. » Journal de politique 14.3 (1952) : 418-441.
• Flood Control Politics: The Connecticut River Valley Problem, 1927-1950 (1953)
• The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932 (1958) (ISBN 978-0-226-47371-0) 
• The New Freedom: A Call for the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People (Introduction) (1961)
• The LIFE History of the United States, Volume 11: 1933-1945 – New Deal and Global War (1963)
• The LIFE History of the United States, Volume 12: From 1945 – The Great Age of Change (1963)
• Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal, 1932-1940 (1963)
• « The Origins of Franklin D. Roosevelt's" Court-Packing" Plan. » La révision de la Cour suprême 1966 (1966) : 347-400.
• The New Deal: A Documentary History (1968)
• Growth of the American Republic (2 vol.) avec Samuel Eliot Morison et Henry Steele Commager (1969)
• A Troubled Feast: American Society Since 1945 (1973)
• « A Klansman Joins the Court: The Appointment of Hugo L. Black. » Revue de droit de l'Université de Chicago 41 (1973) : 1+.
• New Deal and Global War (1974)
• The Growth of the American Republic (Volume I) avec Samuel Eliot Morison et Henry Steele Commager (1980)
• A Concise History of the American Republic (volume unique) avec Samuel Eliot Morison et Henry Steele Commager (1983)
• In the Shadow of FDR: From Harry Truman to Ronald Reagan (1989 ; quatrième édition, sous-titrée From Harry Truman to Barack Obama, 2009) en ligne
• The Perils of Prosperity, 1914-1932 (L'histoire de Chicago de la civilisation américaine) (1993)
• The Supreme Court Reborn: The Constitutional Revolution in the Age of Roosevelt (1996)
• The FDR Years: On Roosevelt and His Legacy (1997)
• American Places: Encounters with History (éditeur) (2000)
• That Man: An Insider's Portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt avec Robert H. Jackson et al. (2004)
• The White House Looks South: Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Lyndon B. Johnson (2005)
• The Executive Branch (2006)
• Herbert Hoover (The American Presidents Series) (2006)
• The American President: From Teddy Roosevelt to Bill Clinton (2015)

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