BURNS, James MacGregor

BURNS, James MacGregor. American, b. 1918. Genres: Administration/Management, History, Politics/Government, Biography. Career: Williams College, Williamstown, MA, assistant professor, 1947-50, associate professor, 1950-53, professor, 1953-88, professor emeritus of political science, 1988-; University of Maryland, Academy of Leadership, senior scholar; University of Richmond, Jepson School of Leadership Studies, senior scholar, 2001-04. Project 87, interdisciplinary study of constitution during bicentennial era, co-chairman, 1976-87. Publications: Congress on Trial, 1949; (with J.W. Peltason) Government by the People: The Dynamics of American National Government, 1952; (with Peltason) Government by the People: The Dynamics of American State & Local Government, 1952; (with Peltason) Government by the People: The Dynamics of American National State & Local Government (rev. of 2 previous books), 1954, (with Peltason, Cronin and D.B. Magleby) 16th ed., 1994; Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox, 1956; (ed. with Peltason) Functions and Policies of American Government, 1958, 3rd ed., 1967; John Kennedy: A Political Profile, 1960; The Deadlock of Democracy: 4-Party Politics in America, 1963; (with others) Dialogues in Americanism, 1964; Presidential Government, 1966; (with others) Our American Government Today, 1966; (ed.) Lyndon Baines Johnson: To Heal and to Build, 1968; Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, 1970 (Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award); Uncommon Sense, 1973; Leadership, 1978; The Vineyard of Liberty, 1982; The Power to Lead, 1984; The Workshop of Democracy, 1985; The Crosswinds of Freedom, 1989; (with S. Burns) A People's Charter, 1991; (with G.J. Sorenson) Dead Center, 1999; (with S. Dunn) The Three Roosevelts, 2001; Transforming Leadership, 2003; (with S. Dunn) George Washington, 2004. Address: Dept. of Political Science, Williams College, Williamstown, MA 01267, U.S.A.