Walter Licht Explained

Walter Licht
Birth Date:	15 July 1946
Birth Place:	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Fields:	Labor history, Economic history
Workplaces:	University of Pennsylvania
Alma Mater:	Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (MA) Princeton University (MA, PhD)

Walter Licht (born July 15, 1946) is an American historian who specializes in labor history, economic history, and the history of American capitalism. He is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.^[1]

Life and career

Licht earned his B.A. at Harvard University and an M.A. in sociology at the University of Chicago before moving to Princeton University where he completed an M.A. and Ph.D. in history.

He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 1977 and is also the faculty director of the Civic House and the Penn Civic Scholars Program.^[2]

Works

• American Capitalisms: The U.S. Economy in Historic World Perspective. (Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
• The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century (Cornell University Press, 2005) .
• Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992/2000) .
• Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995) .
• Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950 (Temple University Press, 1986) .
• Working For The Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (Princeton University Press, 1983/2014) .^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Walter Licht | Penn Arts & Sciences Department of History. www.history.upenn.edu.
2. Web site: Civic House - Meet the Staff - Walter Licht | University of Pennsylvania. www.vpul.upenn.edu.
3. Book: Licht, Walter. Working for the Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century. July 14, 2014. Princeton University Press. 9781400855841. Google Books.