CARSON, Clarence B.

CARSON, Clarence B. American, b. 1925. Genres: History. Career: Junior high school teacher of science and high school teacher of history, civics, and government in Bowdon, GA, 1950-52; Arlington State College, Arlington, TX (now University of Texas at Arlington), instructor in English, 1955-56; Elon College, Elon College, NC, associate professor of U.S. and European history and American government, 1957-61; Jacksonville State College (now University), Jacksonville, AL, associate professor of U.S. history, 1961-62; Grove City College, Grove City, PA, professor of U.S. and European history, 1962-70; Okaloosa-Walton Junior College, Niceville, FL, professor of social sciences and chairman of Division of Social Sciences, 1970-72; freelance writer and editor, 1972-80. Publications: The Fateful Turn, 1963; The American Tradition, 1964; The War on the Poor, 1969; The Flight from Reality, 1969; Throttling the Railroads, 1971; The Rebirth of Liberty: The Founding of the American Republic, 1760-1800, 1973; The World in the Grip of an Idea, 1980; Organized against Whom? The Labor Union in America, 1983; A Basic History of the United States: vol. 1: The Colonial Experience, 1607-1774, 1984, vol. 2: The Beginning of the Republic, 1775- 1825, 1984, vol. 3: The Sections and the Civil War, 1826-1877, 1985, vol. 4: The Growth of America, 1878-1928, 1985, vol. 5: The Welfare State, 1929- 1985, 1986, vol. 6: America: From Gridlock to Deadlock, 1985-2001, 2001; Basic Economics, 1988; Basic Communism, 1990; Basic American Government, 1993; Swimming against the Tide, 1998. Died 2003.