Scott Reynolds Nelson is the Georgia Athletic Association Professor of

History History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

at the

University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...

. He was formerly the Legum Professor of

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. He is a historian of the

Long Nineteenth Century The long nineteenth century is a term for the 125-year period beginning with the onset of the French Revolution in 1789, and ending with the outbreak of World War I in 1914. It was coined by Soviet writer Ilya Ehrenburg and later popularized ...

. He specializes in

Labor history Labor history is a sub-discipline of social history which specializes on the history of the working classes and the labor movement. Labor historians may concern themselves with issues of gender, race, ethnicity, and other factors besides class ...

, international finance, the

history of science The history of science covers the development of science from ancient history, ancient times to the present. It encompasses all three major branches of science: natural science, natural, social science, social, and formal science, formal. Pr ...

, and global commodities.Organization of American Historians: Participating Speakers
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Awards received

for ''Steel Drivin' Man'' * 2006 National Award for Arts Writing * 2007

Merle Curti Award The Merle Curti Award is awarded annually by the Organization of American Historians for the best book in American social and/or American intellectual history. It is named in honor of Merle Curti (1897–1996). A committee of 5 members of the Organ ...

* 2007

Anisfield-Wolf Award The Anisfield-Wolf Book Award is an American literary award dedicated to honoring written works that make important contributions to the understanding of racism and the appreciation of the rich diversity of human culture. Established in 1935 by Clev ...

* 2007 Virginia Literary Award for Nonfiction for ''Ain't Nothing But a Man'' * 2008 Publishers Weekly Best Books of the Year * 2009 Aesop Prize (Folklore Society of America) * 2009 Jane Addams Prize, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom * 2009 Notable Children's Book in the Language Arts, National Center for Teachers of English * 2009 American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults

Works

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References

External links

"Author's website"
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* ttp://hnn.us/roundup/entries/55175.html "The depression of 1929 is the wrong model for the current economic crisis" ''Chronicle of Higher Education'', 10-17-08
"How the Crash Will Reshape America", ''The Atlantic'', Richard Florida"Interview with Scott Reynolds Nelson", ''Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program'', February 4, 2010
Historians of the Southern United States Historians of the United States College of William & Mary faculty Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Historians of the American Civil War 1964 births American male non-fiction writers {{US-historian-stub