William Cronon
Position title: Emeritus Professor
Email: wcronon@wisc.edu
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Curriculum Vitae (pdf) | Website

Biography
My teaching and research specializations focus principally on the environmental history, landscape history, and historical geography of North America, concentrating mainly on the United States with a secondary interest in Canada. I am committed to history that makes the past come alive for public audiences, both in the form of written storytelling and the many new media that have become available in this digital age. My current projects include a book on The Making of the American Landscape and a history of Portage, Wisconsin since the last Ice Age.
Education
Ph.D., Yale
D.Phil., Oxford
M.A., Yale
B.A., University of Wisconsin – Madison
Books
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William Cronon. Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature. W. W. Norton & Co., 1996.
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William Cronon. Nature’s Metropolis: Chicago and the Great West. W. W. Norton & Co., 1991.
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William Cronon. Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England. New York: Hill & Wang, 1983.
Selected Publications
- “Storytelling” (AHA Presidential Address), American Historical Review 118:1 (February 2013), 1-19.
History Courses
- History/Geography/Environmental Studies 460 – American Environmental History – Course Webpage
- History/Geography/Environmental Studies 469 – The Making of the American Landscape – Course Webpage
- History/Geography 932 – Topics in American Environmental History – Course Webpage