Walter T. K. Nugent (1935–2021)
Author of Habits of Empire: A History of American Expansion
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Religion and Public Life in the Mountain West: Sacred Landscapes in Transition (Religion By Region) (2004) — Contributor — 15 copies
From the Outside Looking In: Essays on Mormon History, Theology, and Culture (2015) — Contributor — 8 copies
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- Canonical name
- Nugent, Walter T. K.
- Legal name
- Nugent, Walter Terry King
- Other names
- Nugent, Walter
- Birthdate
- 1935-01-11
- Date of death
- 2021-09-08
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- Watertown, New York, USA
- Place of death
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Places of residence
- Highland Park, Illinois, USA
- Education
- St. Benedict's College (AB|History|1954|Atchison, Kansas)
Georgetown University (MA|European history|1956)
University of Chicago (PhD|American history|1961) - Occupations
- professor
Organist (St. Bride's Church | Chicago, Illinois, USA | 1955-57 | 1958-61)
historian - Relationships
- Hoy, Suellen (wife)
- Organizations
- University of Notre Dame
Indiana University
Kansas State University
Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (President | 2000-02)
Western History Association (President | 2005-06)
Western History Association (honorary life member | 1998) (show all 8)
Agricultural History Society
American Historical Association - Awards and honors
- Newberry Library Fellowship (1962)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1964-1965)
Andrew V. Tackes Professor of History
Huntington Library fellowship
National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship
Fulbright professor (show all 8)
Indiana Association of Historians (president)
Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (president) - Short biography
- Walter T. K. Nugent, died September 8, 2021, in Seattle. He was 86. A historian whose research focused on western migration in the US, populism, and demography, he taught for 21 years at Indiana University–Bloomington, also serving as an associate dean, director of study abroad programs, and chair of the history department. In 1984 he joined the University of Notre Dame as its inaugural Andrew V. Tackes Professor of American History. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and two Fulbright Awards, he authored, coauthored, or edited numerous books, including Color Coded: Party Politics in the American West, 1950–2016 (2018). He is survived by his wife, historian Suellen Hoy.
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- Members
- 389
- Popularity
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- ISBNs
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