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Dr. Maury Klein

Professor

Ph.D., Emory University, 1965
M.A., Emory University, 1961
B.A., Knox College, 1960

Courses Taught:

• HIS 160 - Technology and American Life: 1800-Present
• HIS 339 - Emergence of Industrial America: 1877-1914
• HIS 340 - United States History from 1914 to 1941
• HIS 365 - Civil War and Reconstruction
• HIS 398 - History through Science Fiction

Publications:

Maury Klein is the author of 13 books. Three of his books have been nominated for the Pulitzer; one, The Life and Legend of Jay Gould (1986), was a finalist.

His most recent books are:
The Change Makers (2003), Rainbow's End: The Crash of 1929 (2001), The Life and Legend of E. H. Harriman (2000), Days of Defiance: Slavery, Sumter, and the Coming of the Civil War (1997).

Contact Information:

Department of History
University of Rhode Island
80 Upper College Road, Suite 3
Kingston, RI 02881
Office: 110 Tucker House
Phone: 401.874.5486
Email:mauryk@uri.edu