Richard Maxwell Brown
 Office: Please Contact
the Department of History
Phone: (541) 346-4802
E-mail: rmbrown@oregon.uoregon.edu
Biographical Information
Beekman Professor
Emeritus of Northwest and Pacific History
Professor Emeritus,
specializing in History of the American West, History of American Violence
B.A. 1952 at Reed
A.M. 1955 at Harvard
Ph.D in 1959 at Harvard
With the U of O since
1977
Major Publications
The South Carolina
Regulators (1963)
Strain of
Violence: Historical Studies of American Violence and Vigilantism
(1975)
No Duty to
Retreat: Violence and Values in American History and Society (1991)
Fellowships, Grants, and Honors
Consultant to the
National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence, Washington,
D.C. (1968)
Consultant to the U.S.
Congressional Crime Caucus (1985)
President, Western
History Association (1991-92)
Member, Oregon Council
for the Humanities (1992-1995)
Current Research and Writing
The Great Raincoast
of North America, a book of historical essays on Coastal Oregon, Washington,
and British Columbia
a book on violence
on the American Frontier.
Recent Teaching
History of the
American West
History of the Pacific
Northwest
History of California
American Biography
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