Fred Anderson (born 1949) is an American historian of early North American history.

Education and career

Anderson received his B.A. from

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in 1971 and his Ph.D. from

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in 1981. He has taught at

and at the

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, where he is currently Professor Emeritus of History. He has held fellowships from the

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, the Charles Warren Center of Harvard University, the Guggenheim Foundation and the

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. He is the author or editor of five books including ''Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766'' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, February 11, 2000; London: Faber and Faber, 2000), which won the Mark Lynton History Prize and the 2001

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as best book in American history. Together with Andrew Cayton (

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), he has recently published ''The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000'' (New York: Viking; London: Atlantic Books, 2005). His newest book, ''The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War'' (Viking) is a companion to the four-hour PBS series " The War that Made America," which was broadcast January 18 and 25, 2006. The series and book were released to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the

French and Indian War The French and Indian War, 1754 to 1763, was a colonial conflict in North America between Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain and Kingdom of France, France, along with their respective Native Americans in the United States, Native American ...

, organized by French and Indian War 250 Inc., as part of a collaborative effort with a variety of museums, historic sites and educational workshops spanning several states. In late 2006, it was announced that Anderson and Cayton have been assigned the volume on the later colonial period (Volume II: 1674-1764) of the newest (and partially published) '' Oxford History of the United States''. Professor Anderson retired from the University of Colorado-Boulder in 2018.

Publications

As Sole Author

*''A People's Army: Massachusetts Soldiers and Society in the Seven Years' War''. Univ of North Carolina Press, 1984. *''Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766''. Knopf, 2000. *''The War That Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War''. Viking Adult, 2005.

With Andrew Cayton

*''The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500-2000''. Viking Adult, 2004.

As editor

*''George Washington Remembers: Reflections on the French and Indian War''. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004.

References

External links

Interview
on ''The Dominion of War'' at the

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University of Colorado official faculty page
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