On the C-SPAN Networks: David Hackett Fischer is a Professor for the History Department in the Brandeis University with nine videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1994 ...

In last week's puzzle, host Liane Hansen confused the Stamp Act with the tax on tea. She talks with historian David Hackett Fischer, who explains the origins of the British-imposed taxes on the ...

True enough. But both Fischer and Foner–historians about as different as they come–have associated themselves with the New-York Historical Society, the oldest museum in New York. I bring this up ...

"African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Freedom" by David Hackett Fischer • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author argues that "historians should not focus solely on the tragic moral ...

Though David Hackett Fischer never mentions Genovese by name in his new African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals, it is likely that the book will be seen as falling largely on ...

Renowned historian David Hackett Fischer explored yesterday how some of the United States' most revered presidents earned the respect and appreciation of the American people through courageous ...

Fischer, Pulitzer Prize–winner for Washington's Crossing, has produced the definitive biography of Samuel de Champlain (1567–1635): spy, explorer, courtier, soldier, sailor, ethnologist, mapmaker, and ...

Early on in his 946-page instant classic, African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals, David Hackett Fischer, the 86-year-old Pulitzer Prize–winning Brandeis historian, tells the ...

"The Old Plantation," South Carolina, about 1790. This famous painting shows Gullah slaves dancing and playing musical instruments derived from Africa. (Wikimedia Commons) Thirty-three years ago, ...

Pulitzer winner Fischer (Washington’s Crossing) delivers a sprawling inquiry into “what happened when Africans and Europeans came to North America, and the growth of race slavery collided with ...

David Hackett Fischer is a University Professor and Warren Professor of History emeritus at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He is the author of numerous books, including the 2005 ...