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George Green

612-625-7368
Graduate School 303-B JohH

Department Affiliations


Specialties

  • American economic and business history
  • historical methods
  • historiography

Publications

  • The Business of Wellness: The Health Insurance Industry's Response to Public Health Campaigns, 1960-1990. Green, George David, Chris Diehl-Taylor, 1999.
  • The Great Depression. Green, George David, 1985.
  • The Ideological Origins of the Revolution in American Financial Policies. Green, George David, 1981.

Outreach Activities

  • College in the Schools: coordinator of American History courses with MN high schools, 1988
  • CESA 10, western Wisconsin schools grant in Teaching U.S. History: member of External Evaluation Team, 2003 - 2006
  • "Bridge for American History" federal grant to Mpls Public Schools: Advisory Board, workshop series in Economic History, 2001 - 2004

Awards

  • Academy of Distinguished Teachers, University of Minnesota
  • Morse Amoco/Alumni Teaching Award, University of Minnesota, 1986
  • University of Minnesota Outstanding Community Service Award, May 2004

Courses Taught

  • HIST 5841- Proseminar in American Economic History
  • Hist 3844 - American Economic History to 1870
  • Hist 3845 - American Economic History: 1870 to the Present
  • Hist 3961W - Major Paper
  • CLA 1301- SEAM: freshman seminar on global business
  • HIST 3841 - American Business History
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Featured Faculty

  • Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor

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    Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.

    Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.

    November 17th, 2009
  • Regina Kunzel, Lambda Literary Award Recipient

    Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.

    June 5th, 2009
  • Donna Gabaccia, Fesler-Lampert Chair

    Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.

    June 5th, 2009

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