William Turrentine Jackson Explained

W. Turrentine "Turpie" Jackson (1915, Ruston, Louisiana – May 28, 2000) was an American professor of history, specializing in Western U.S. history.[1] [2]

Biography

Jackson grew up in El Paso, Texas.[3] He graduated in 1935 with B.A. from Texas Western College (now the University of Texas at El Paso) and in 1940 with Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin, where his thesis advisor was Walter Prescott Webb.[1] Jackson taught at UCLA, Iowa State University, the University of Chicago,[3] the University of Glasgow, and four other universities and also served in the intelligence division of the U. S. Navy, before he joined in 1951 the faculty of the history department of the University of California, Davis. He taught there until he began phased retirement in 1982 with full retirement in 1985.[1]

Jackson's research covered policy history and social history.[1] He debunked the stereotype of rugged individualism and small property owners in the Old West with evidence for development involving U.S. government surveys,[3] U.S. federal subsidies, and international capital.[1] [4] He published extensively and served on the editorial boards of several academic journals. Three of his books won prizes.[3]

Wells Fargo hired Jackson as a consultant and corporate historian.[5]

Awards and honors

Selected publications

Articles

Books

as editor

References

  1. Web site: Margadant, Ted. Bauer, Arnold. Warren, Louis. William Turrentine Jackson, History: Davis; 1915–2000, Professor. Calisphere, University of California.
  2. Jackson. W. Turrentine. Russell. David E.. Practicing Public History: A Conversation with W. Turrentine Jackson. The Public Historian. 20. 1. 1998. 21–48. 0272-3433. 10.2307/3378866. 3378866.
  3. Web site: Easley, Julia Ann. UC Davis. Historian Jackson dies at age 85. 2 June 2000.
  4. Web site: William Turrentine Jackson, Professor of History UC Davis, 1915–2000. In Memoriam: Davis Campus, University of California.
  5. Book: Philip L. Fradkin

    . Stagecoach: Wells Fargo and the American West. 9780743227629. Fradkin. Philip L.. Philip L. Fradkin. 24 April 2002. Simon & Schuster.

  6. Web site: W. Turrentine Jackson. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
  7. 10.2307/1897567. 1897567. Review of Wagon Roads West; A Study of Federal Road Surveys and Construction in the Trans-Mississippi West, 1846-1869 by W. Turrentine Jackson. 1953. Hafen. LeRoy R.. LeRoy R. Hafen. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 40. 138. 2027/uc1.$b97819. free.
  8. Ubbelohde, Carl. Frink, Jackson, and Spring, When Grass Was King: Contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry (Book Review). Pacific Historical Review. 26. 3. 1957. 296. 10.2307/3636221. 3636221.
  9. 10.2307/1898704. 1898704. Review of When Grass Was King: Contributions to the Western Range Cattle Industry Study by Maurice Frink, W. Turrentine Jackson, and Agnes Wright Spring. 1957. Frantz. Joe B.. Joe Bertram Frantz. The Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 44. 158.
  10. Smith. Dwight L.. Review of Treasure Hill: Portrait of a Silver Mining Camp by W. Turrentine Jackson. Pacific Historical Review. 34. 1. 1965. 96–98. 0030-8684. 10.2307/3636751. 3636751.
  11. The Enterprising Scot: Investors in the American West After 1873. By W. Turrentine Jackson. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1968. Pp. Xiii + 415. $12.50. 10.2307/3112513. 3112513. 1968. McFarlane. Larry. Business History Review. 42. 3. 367–369. 154545792 .
  12. Hardeman. Nicholas P.. Review of Twenty Years on the Pacific Slope: Letters of Henry Eno from California and Nevada, 1848-1871, edited by W. Turrentine Jackson. The Journal of American History. 53. 1. 1966. 136. 0021-8723. 10.2307/1893956. 1893956.
  13. Porter, Kenneth Wiggins. Kenneth Porter (poet). W. Turrentine Jackson, ed., Twenty Years on the Pacific Coast: Letters of Henry Eno From California and Nevada, 1848-1871 (Book Review). Northwest Review. 8. 1. 1966. 117.
  14. Greever. William S.. William S. Greever. Review of The California Gold Rush Diary of a German Sailor. The Western Historical Quarterly. 1. 2. 1970. 199–200. 0043-3810. 10.2307/967870. 967870.

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