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Jon C. Teaford

{{short description|American historian}}

Jon C. Teaford is professor emeritus in the History Department at Purdue University.{{r|directory}} He specializes in American urban history and early on in his career he specialized in legal history.

Teaford became interested in history at a young age, stemming from his fascination with president Theodore Roosevelt.{{r|enthusiasm}}

He received his PhD from the University of Wisconsin in 1973; his dissertation, The Municipal Revolution in America: Origins of Modern Urban Government, 1650–1825, was also published as a book in 1975.{{r|mra}}

Many of his books received critical acclaim. He retired in 2003.{{r|enthusiasm}}

In 2011–2012 he served as president of the Urban History Association.{{r|uhapres}}

Books

  • Teaford, Jon (1975) The Municipal Revolution in America: Origins of Modern Urban Government, 1650–1825. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.{{r|mra}}
  • Teaford, Jon (1979) City and Suburb: The Political Fragmentation of Metropolitan America, 1850–1970. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.{{r|cas}}
  • Teaford, Jon (1984) The Unheralded Triumph: City Government in America, 1870–1900. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.{{r|uht}}
  • Teaford, Jon (1986) The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 3rd ed., 2016.{{r|20c}}
  • Teaford, Jon (1993) Cities of the Heartland: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.{{r|coh}}
  • Teaford, Jon (1996) Post-Suburbia: Government and Politics in the Edge Cities Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. (2nd ed., 2019)
  • Teaford, Jon (2006) The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America. New York: Columbia University Press.{{r|mr}}
  • Teaford, Jon (2008) The American Suburb: The Basics. New York: Routledge.{{r|tas}}

References

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{{citation|url=https://www.cla.purdue.edu/history/directory/?p=Jon_Teaford|title=Jon C. Teaford, Professor Emeritus|work=Faculty directory|publisher=Purdue University College of Liberal Arts|access-date=2018-08-03}}

{{citation|url=https://www.purdueexponent.org/features/article_d2e180f4-4e3c-5195-9b69-132dd0ce3f88.html|newspaper=Purdue Exponent|title=Professor uses enthusiasm to relay knowledge to students|date=October 25, 2001|first=Sarah|last=Szczepanski}}

{{citation|url=http://www.urbanhistory.org/past-leadership|title=Past leadership|publisher=Urban History Association|access-date=2018-08-03}}

Reviews of The Municipal Revolution in America:

  • {{citation

| last = Alderfer | first = Harold F.

| date = March 1976

| doi = 10.1177/000271627642400148

| issue = 1

| jstor = 1040845

| journal = Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

| pages = 153–154

| title = none

| volume = 424| s2cid = 143951589

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Bloomfield | first = Maxwell

| date = March 1976

| doi = 10.2307/2701241

| issue = 1

| journal = Reviews in American History

| pages = 27–31

| title = none

| volume = 4| jstor = 2701241

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Hirsch | first = Susan E.

| date = Spring 1976

| doi = 10.2307/3113588

| issue = 1

| journal = The Business History Review

| pages = 115–116

| title = none

| volume = 50| jstor = 3113588

| s2cid = 155159610

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Warden | first = G. B.

| date = April 1976

| doi = 10.2307/844734

| issue = 2

| journal = The American Journal of Legal History

| pages = 171–172

| title = none

| volume = 20| jstor = 844734

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Artibise | first = Alan F.J.

| date = June 1976

| issue = 1

| journal = Urban History Review

| jstor = 43558785

| pages = 34–35

| title = none

| volume = 5| doi = 10.7202/1019555ar

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Duggan | first = Edward P.

| date = June 1976

| issue = 2

| journal = The Journal of Economic History

| jstor = 2119138

| pages = 515–516

| title = none

| volume = 36

| doi=10.1017/s0022050700082255| s2cid = 154900959

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Davies | first = Richard O.

| date = December 1976

| doi = 10.2307/1853118

| issue = 5

| journal = The American Historical Review

| pages = 1218–1219

| title = none

| volume = 81| jstor = 1853118

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Larsen | first = Lawrence H.

| date = Winter 1976–1977

| issue = 2

| journal = The Wisconsin Magazine of History

| jstor = 4635138

| pages = 164–165

| title = none

| volume = 60}}

  • {{citation

| last = Holli | first = Melvin G.

| date = January 1977

| issue = 1

| journal = New York History

| jstor = 23169834

| pages = 87–88

| title = none

| volume = 58}}

  • {{citation

| last = Wade | first = Richard C.

| date = January 1977

| doi = 10.2307/1922646

| issue = 1

| journal = The William and Mary Quarterly

| pages = 162–165

| title = none

| volume = 34| jstor = 1922646

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Armstrong | first = Thomas F.

| date = Summer 1977

| issue = 3

| journal = The Virginia Quarterly Review

| jstor = 26435869

| pages = 560–567

| title = none

| volume = 53}}

  • {{citation

| last = Cooke | first = Jacob E.

| date = July 1977

| issue = 3

| journal = Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies

| jstor = 27772475

| pages = 282–283

| title = none

| volume = 44}}

  • {{citation

| last = Mohl | first = Raymond A.

| journal = Urban History Yearbook

| jstor = 44609007

| pages = 82–84

| title = none

| volume = 4

| year = 1977| doi = 10.1017/S0963926800002595

| s2cid = 144055542

}}

Reviews of City and Suburb:

  • {{citation

| last = Bell | first = James R.

| date = January 1980

| journal = The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

| jstor = 1042337

| pages = 130–131

| title = none

| volume = 447

| doi=10.1177/000271628044700142| s2cid = 146531644

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Miller | first = Zane L.

| date = March 1980

| doi = 10.2307/2701575

| issue = 1

| journal = Reviews in American History

| pages = 25–33

| title = none

| volume = 8| jstor = 2701575

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Miller | first = Donald L.

| date = April 1980

| issue = 2

| journal = Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies

| jstor = 27772661

| pages = 187–188

| title = none

| volume = 47}}

  • {{citation

| last = Gelfand | first = Mark I.

| date = April 1980

| doi = 10.2307/1860710

| issue = 2

| journal = The American Historical Review

| pages = 470–471

| title = none

| volume = 85| jstor = 1860710

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Schiesl | first = Martin J.

| date = June 1980

| doi = 10.2307/1900519

| issue = 1

| journal = The Journal of American History

| pages = 186–187

| title = none

| volume = 67| jstor = 1900519

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Temple | first = David G.

| date = June 1980

| doi = 10.2307/1960691

| issue = 2

| journal = The American Political Science Review

| pages = 518–519

| title = none

| volume = 74| jstor = 1960691

| s2cid = 152169597

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Plunkett | first = T. J.

| date = October 1980

| issue = 2

| journal = Urban History Review

| jstor = 43552195

| pages = 141–143

| title = none

| volume = 9| doi = 10.7202/1019342ar

| doi-access = free

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Platt | first = Harold L.

| date = April 1981

| doi = 10.2307/844641

| issue = 2

| journal = The American Journal of Legal History

| pages = 179–181

| title = none

| volume = 25| jstor = 844641

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Larsen | first = Lawrence H.

| date = August 1981

| doi = 10.2307/3639611

| issue = 3

| journal = Pacific Historical Review

| pages = 358–359

| title = none

| volume = 50| jstor = 3639611

}}

Reviews of The American Suburb:

  • {{citation

| last = Hanlon | first = Bernadette

| date = April 2008

| doi = 10.1080/01944360801940540

| issue = 2

| journal = Journal of the American Planning Association

| page = 258

| title = none

| volume = 74| s2cid = 153448154

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Gioioso | first = Richard N.

| date = May 2010

| doi = 10.1111/j.1467-9787.2010.00668_14.x

| issue = 2

| journal = Journal of Regional Science

| pages = 679–681

| title = none

| volume = 50}}

  • {{citation

| date = June 2010

| doi = 10.5378/indimagahist.106.2.0206

| issue = 2

| journal = Indiana Magazine of History

| page = 215

| title = none

| volume = 106}}

Reviews of The Twentieth-Century American City:

  • {{citation

| last = Cain | first = Louis P.

| date = December 1986

| issue = 4

| journal = The Journal of Economic History

| jstor = 2121850

| pages = 1079–1080

| title = none

| volume = 46

| doi=10.1017/s0022050700050993| s2cid = 154595268

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Grossman | first = James

| date = Spring 1987

| issue = 1

| journal = American Studies

| jstor = 40642196

| page = 109

| title = none

| volume = 28}}

  • {{citation

| last = Marsh | first = Margaret

| date = April 1987

| doi = 10.2307/1866796

| issue = 2

| pages = 500–501

| journal = The American Historical Review

| title = none

| volume = 92| jstor = 1866796

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Bernard | first = Richard M.

| date = Spring 1987

| issue = 3

| journal = The Wisconsin Magazine of History

| jstor = 4636062

| pages = 220–221

| title = none

| volume = 70}}

  • {{citation

| last = Spann | first = Edward K.

| date = June 1987

| issue = 2

| journal = Indiana Magazine of History

| jstor = 27791082

| pages = 204–205

| title = none

| volume = 83}}

  • {{citation

| last = Mohl | first = Raymond A.

| date = July 1987

| issue = 3

| journal = The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography

| jstor = 20092138

| pages = 411–413

| title = none

| volume = 111}}

  • {{citation

| last = Kean | first = Alasdair

| date = August 1987

| issue = 2

| journal = Journal of American Studies

| jstor = 27554871

| pages = 310–311

| title = none

| volume = 21| doi = 10.1017/S002187580002956X

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Cooney | first = Terry A.

| date = May 1988

| doi = 10.2307/493007

| issue = 3

| pages = 377–378

| journal = The History Teacher

| title = none

| volume = 21| jstor = 493007

}}

Reviews of Cities of the Heartland:

  • {{citation

| last = Holli | first = Melvin G.

| date = Winter 1993

| issue = 4

| journal = Illinois Historical Journal

| jstor = 40192827

| pages = 279–280

| title = none

| volume = 86}}

  • {{citation

| date = January 1994

| issue = 1

| journal = The Town Planning Review

| jstor = 40113277

| page = 123

| title = none

| volume = 65

| doi=10.3828/tpr.65.1.u106370r1x343k26}}

  • {{citation

| last = Weber | first = Michael P.

| date = Spring 1994

| doi = 10.2307/20173451

| issue = 1

| journal = Michigan Historical Review

| pages = 139–140

| title = none

| volume = 20| jstor = 20173451

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Schten | first = Edward V.

| date = Spring 1994

| issue = 3

| journal = The Wisconsin Magazine of History

| jstor = 4636507

| pages = 230–231

| title = none

| volume = 77}}

  • {{citation

| last = Geib | first = George W.

| date = Spring 1994

| issue = 3

| journal = The Historian

| jstor = 24448735

| pages = 573–574

| title = none

| volume = 56}}

  • {{citation

| last = Keating | first = Ann Durkin

| date = April 1994

| doi = 10.2307/2167484

| issue = 2

| journal = The American Historical Review

| pages = 664–665

| title = none

| volume = 99| jstor = 2167484

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Nelson | first = Daniel

| date = June 1994

| doi = 10.2307/2702900

| issue = 2

| journal = Reviews in American History

| pages = 297–299

| title = none

| volume = 22| jstor = 2702900

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Ryon | first = Roderick N.

| date = Summer 1994

| doi = 10.2307/2717510

| issue = 3

| journal = The Journal of Negro History

| pages = 306–307

| title = none

| volume = 79| jstor = 2717510

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Einhorn | first = Robin L.

| date = September 1994

| doi = 10.2307/2081241

| issue = 2

| journal = The Journal of American History

| pages = 677–678

| title = none

| volume = 81| jstor = 2081241

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Barrows | first = Robert G.

| date = September 1994

| issue = 3

| journal = Indiana Magazine of History

| jstor = 27791772

| pages = 306–307

| title = none

| volume = 90}}

  • {{citation

| last = White | first = Dana

| date = Fall 1994

| issue = 2

| journal = American Studies

| jstor = 40642720

| pages = 165–166

| title = none

| volume = 35}}

  • {{citation

| last = Anderson | first = Margo

| date = November 1994

| issue = 1

| journal = Urban History Review

| jstor = 43559786

| pages = 63–64

| title = none

| volume = 23| doi = 10.7202/1016703ar

| doi-access = free

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Smith | first = Dennis

| date = May 1995

| issue = 1

| journal = Urban History

| jstor = 44612717

| pages = 164–165

| title = none

| volume = 22}}

  • {{citation

| last = Muller | first = Edward K.

| date = Fall 1995

| issue = 4

| journal = Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies

| jstor = 27773861

| pages = 576–577

| title = none

| volume = 62}}

  • {{citation

| last = Gillette | first = Howard Jr.

| date = October 1995

| issue = 2

| journal = American Studies International

| jstor = 41279370

| pages = 101–103

| title = none

| volume = 33}}

  • {{citation

| last = O'Donnell | first = Brian

| date = April 1996

| doi = 10.2307/3106836

| issue = 2

| journal = Technology and Culture

| pages = 368–370

| title = none

| volume = 37| jstor = 3106836

| s2cid = 112731649

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Van Vugt | first = William E.

| date = Fall 1996

| doi = 10.2307/20173619

| issue = 2

| journal = Michigan Historical Review

| page = 224

| title = none

| volume = 22| jstor = 20173619

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Rhodes | first = Eric Michael

| date = July 2021

| journal = Cleveland Review of Books

| title = Spirit of the (Mid)West: On Jon C. Teaford's "Cities of the Heartland"

| url = https://www.clereviewofbooks.com/home/jon-teaford-cities-of-the-heartland-review}}

Reviews of The Metropolitan Revolution:

  • {{citation

| last = LeFurgy | first = Jennifer

| date = Summer–Fall 2006

| issue = 3/4

| journal = The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

| jstor = 23388205

| pages = 778–779

| title = none

| volume = 104}}

  • {{citation

| last = Fairfield | first = J. D.

| date = June 2007

| doi = 10.2307/25094924

| issue = 1

| journal = Journal of American History

| pages = 342–343

| title = none

| volume = 94| jstor = 25094924

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Harris | first = Richard

| date = Spring 2008

| issue = 2

| journal = Urban History Review

| jstor = 44136673

| pages = 64–65

| title = none

| volume = 36| doi = 10.7202/1019180ar

| doi-access = free

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Ebner | first = Michael H.

| date = April 2008

| issue = 2

| journal = The American Historical Review

| jstor = 30222947

| pages = 535–536

| title = none

| volume = 113| doi = 10.1086/ahr.113.2.535

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Stembkovska | first = Ganna

| date = April 2008

| issue = 1

| journal = Journal of American Studies

| jstor = 40464261

| page = 163

| title = none

| volume = 42

| doi=10.1017/s0021875807004598| s2cid = 145337493

}}

Reviews of The Unheralded Triumph:

  • {{citation

| last = Biles | first = Roger

| date = October 1984

| issue = 2

| journal = Urban History Review

| title = Review

| url = https://www.proquest.com/openview/0726e710a1adf1f1ddfa666f9877036d/1

| volume = 13}}

  • {{citation

| last = McShane | first = Clay

| date = June 1985

| doi = 10.2307/1903794

| issue = 1

| journal = The Journal of American History

| pages = 166–167

| title = none

| volume = 72| jstor = 1903794

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Frisch | first = Michael H.

| date = September 1985

| doi = 10.2307/3114017

| issue = 3

| journal = Business History Review

| pages = 499–501

| title = none

| volume = 59| jstor = 3114017

| s2cid = 154695182

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Fox | first = Kenneth

| date = December 1985

| doi = 10.2307/1859839

| issue = 5

| journal = The American Historical Review

| page = 1282

| title = none

| volume = 90| jstor = 1859839

| s2cid = 154505900

}}

  • {{citation

| last = Holli | first = Melvin G.

| date = November 1987

| issue = 1

| journal = The Historian

| page = 116

| title = Review

| url = https://www.proquest.com/openview/05cca64500bc164cda06f4005753b97a/1

| volume = 50}}

}}

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