Harris, Neil
HARRIS, Neil
HARRIS, Neil. American, b. 1938. Genres: Art/Art history, History. Career: Harvard University, instructor to assistant professor of history, 1965-69; University of Chicago, IL, associate professor, 1969-72, professor of history, 1972-90, Preston and Sterling Morton Professor of History, 1990-, chair of history department, 1985-88. Yale University, visiting professor, 1974; Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France, director d'etudes, 1985. National Humanities Institute, director, 1975-77. Publications: The Artist in American Society: The Formative Years, 1790-1860, 1966; Humbug: The Art of P.T. Barnum (nonfiction), 1973; Art, Design, and the Modern Corporation: The Collection of Container Corporation of America, a Gift to the National Museum of American Art (art history/catalog), 1985; Cultural Excursions: Marketing Appetites and Cultural Tastes in Modern America, 1990; Planes, Trains and Automobiles, 1995; Building Lives, 1999. EDITOR: Readings in the History of the United States, 1969; The Land of Contrasts: 1880-1901 (history), 1970; The WPA Guide to Illinois, 1983. Contributor to books. Address: Department of History, University of Chicago, 1126 E 59th St, Chicago, IL 60637, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]