Peter Way (born 1957) is a Canadian - American historian.
Life[]
He graduated from Trent University, in 1981, Queen's University with an M.A., in 1983, and University of Maryland, College Park with a Ph.D., in 1991.
He taught at Bowling Green State University.[1] He is the head of the History department at University of Windsor where he also teaches.[2]
Awards[]
- 1994 Frederick Jackson Turner Award, for Common Labour: Workers and the Digging of North American Canals, 1760–1860
- 2001 Harold L. Peterson Award [3]
Works[]
- Peter Way (1993). Common labour: workers and the digging of North American canals, 1780-1860. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-44033-2. http://books.google.com/?id=D_LsygAACAAJ.
- Martin Daunton, Rick Halpern, ed (February 1, 1999). "The Cutting Edge of Culture: British Soldiers Encounter Native Americans in the French and Indian War". Empire and Others: British Encounters with Indigenous Peoples, 1600-1850. University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-1699-8.
Criticism[]
- "Reviews of Books: The Dominion of War: Empire and Liberty in North America, 1500–2000", The William and Mary Quarterly, April 2006
- "Review: Through So Many Dangers: The Memoirs and Adventures of Robert Kirk, Late of the Royal Highland Regiment", The Canadian Historical Review, Volume 87, Number 3, September 2006
References[]
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