Hoffman, Ronald

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HOFFMAN, Ronald

HOFFMAN, Ronald. American, b. 1941. Genres: History. Career: University of Maryland, College Park, assistant professor, 1969-73, associate professor of history, 1973-92, professor of history, 1992-; Institute of Early American History and Culture, director, 1992-; College of William and Mary, professor of history, 1993-. Publications: A Spirit of Dissension, 1973; Sovereign States in an Age of Uncertainty, 1982; (with others) The Pursuit of Liberty, 1983; (with S.D. Mason) Princes of Ireland, Planters of Maryland, 2000. EDITOR: (with I. Berlin) Slavery and Freedom in the Age of American Revolution, 1983; (co) An Uncivil War, 1985; (co) The Economy of Early America, 1988; (with M. Sobel and F.J. Teute) Through a Glass Darkly, 1997; (with S.D. Mason and E.S. Darcy) Dear Papa, Dear Charley, 3 vols., 2001. EDITOR WITH P.J. ALBERT: Diplomacy and Revolution, 1981; Arms and Independence, 1984; Peace and the Peacemakers, 1986; Women in the Age of the American Revolution, 1989; We Shall Overcome: Martin Luther King, Jr, and the Book Freedom Struggle, 1990; To Form a More Perfect Union, 1992; (and C. Carson) Of Consuming Interests: The Style of Life in the Eighteenth Century, 1994; Religion in a Revolutionary Age, 1994; The Transforming Hand of Revolution, 1996; Launching the "Extended Republic," 1996; The Bill of Rights, 1997; (and F.E. Hoxie) Native Americans and the Early Republic, 1999. Address: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, PO Box 8781, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8781, U.S.A. Online address: ieahe1@wm.edu

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