MCNEILL, William Hardy

MCNEILL, William Hardy. American (born Canada), b. 1917. Genres: History. Career: Professor Emeritus of History, University of Chicago, 1987- (Instructor, 1947-49; Chairman, College History staff, 1948-55; Assistant Professor, 1949-55; Associate Professor, 1955-57; Professor, 1957-87; Chairman, Dept. of History, 1961-67). Ed., Journal of Modern History, 1971- 81; Ed., Modern Greek Studies, 1989-92. Publications: The Greek Dilemma, War and Aftermath, 1947; (with F. Smothers and E.D. McNeill) Report on the Greeks, 1948; History Handbook, 1949, rev. ed. as History Handbook of Western Civilization, 1953; America, Britain and Russia: Their Co-operation and Conflict 1941-46, 1953; Past and Future, 1954; Greece: American Aid in Action 1947-1956, 1957; (with M.R. Buske and W. Roehm) World History in Maps, 1960; The Rise of the West, 1963; Europe's Steppe Frontier 1500- 1800, 1964; A World History, 1967; The Contemporary World, 1967; Venice, the Hinge of Europe 1081-1797, 1974; The Shape of European History, 1974; Plagues and People, 1976; Metamorphosis of Greece since World War II, 1978; The Human Condition: An Historical and Ecological View, 1980; Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since 1000 A.D., 1982; The Great Frontier: Freedom and Hierarchy in Modern Times, 1983; Mythistory and Other Essays, 1986; Polyethnicity and National Unity in World History, 1986; A History of the Human Community, 1987; Population and Politics, 1990; Hutchins' University: The University of Chicago 1929- 1950, a Memoir, 1991; The Global Condition, 1992; Keeping Together in Time, 1995; (with J.R. McNeill) The Human Web: A Bird's-eye View of World History, 2003. EDITOR/CO-EDITOR: Lord Action, Essays in the Liberal Interpretation of History, 1967; Readings in World History, 10 vols., 1968-73; Human Migration, 1978. Contributor to periodicals. Address: PO Box 45, Colebrook, CT 06021, U.S.A.