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Jack P. Greene

Born in 1931 in Lafayette, Indiana, Greene attended Duke University, where he worked closely with John R. Alden, a James B. Duke Professor of History who was known as an authority on the American Revolution and the American South.² Greene’s chief focus in British American studies is the investigation of cultural history, which he says dates prior to the completion of his PhD in 1956. Although he began his career working on representative government and its transition to the new world, Greene soon shifted toward cultural studies, seeking to answer questions that “never ceased to fascinate [him], questions about what the settlers of those societies thought they had done and were doing in America, and how they represented themselves to the outside world and especially to the significant other world of Britain that had spawned them.”³ In 1957, Greene became a professor at Michigan State and two years later worked at Western Reserve University while editing the William and Mary Quarterly (which has published 12 of his articles over his career). In 1966 he began at Johns Hopkins, where he would go on to become an Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities.

In ‘66, Greene discovered the Atlantic field “almost accidentally,” and his discovery led to the foundation of the longest-running Atlantic History program in the nation. While looking for a way incorporate more Latin American and Asian history into the curriculum, Greene realized that many of his research questions had a “trans-Atlantic dimension.” It was then that he and the JHU staff happened upon the device of Atlantic History “as a way of focusing on the history of four continents.” Because the history department was so small, it cooperated with the anthropology department to create the Program in Atlantic History and Culture, which lasted for 25 years before being turned completely over to the anthropologists, who immediately changed the name to the Center for Global Studies and History.⁴

In 1990 after 25 years at Johns Hopkins, Greene spurned the East Coast after being courted by the University of California, Irvine. Greene rejected numerous Eastern-Seaboard offers, stating, “They were all too similar -- East Coast universities. I just decided that unless I went to a radically different place, it wasn't worth it." After just two years at UCI, Greene moved on to a decade’s worth of visiting-professor jobs, including stints at the University of Berlin, Brown, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and William and Mary, before eventually returning to JHU as a guest professor and retiring in 2005.⁵

Perhaps Greene’s most lasting – and ambitious – addition to the colonial history field is his 16-part series Imperatives, Behaviors and Identities: Essays in Early American Cultural History. The earliest essay in the chronicle was completed and presented in Philadelphia in spring of 1969, and the final essay was finished more than 23 years later in 1993.⁶ The series masterfully weaves two decades of social research into an anecdotal approach for explaining early causes of the American Revolution and the formation of a uniquely American identity. Additionally, the essays tell an interesting narrative about Greene’s professional career, some published while at JHU, one that was presented at his inaugural lecture at UCI, another that marked his time as Harmsworth Professor at the University of Oxford.⁷

Although considered by Peter A. Coclanis as a seminal member of the “gang of three” alongside fellow Atlanticists Bernard Bailyn, Greene did not often work alongside Bailyn and rarely reviewed or critiqued his work, excluding one 1969 essay in the American Historical Review in which Greene commented that Bailyn had “the tendency to view colonial politics from the vantage point of the American Revolution.”⁸ This is not to say, however, that Greene does not acknowledge Bailyn’s contribution to the field, pointing out that Bailyn was one of a handful of historians to do Atlantic history “long before it became fashionable.”⁹

1. 
   “Landon Carter and the Pistole Fee Dispute.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Jan., 1957), pp. 66-69, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
   
2. 
   “The Case of the Pistole Fee: The Report of a Hearing on the Pistole Fee Dispute before the Privy Council, June 18, 1754.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 66, No. 4 (Oct., 1958), pp. 399-422, Virginia Historical Society.
   
3. 
   “Foundations of Political Power in the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1720-1776.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 16, No. 4 (Oct., 1959), pp. 485-506, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
   
4. 
   “The South Carolina Quartering Dispute, 1757-1758.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 4 (Oct., 1959), pp. 193-204, South Carolina Historical Society.
   
5. 
   “The Gadsden Election Controversy and the Revolutionary Movement in South Carolina.” The Mississippi Valley Historical Review, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Dec., 1959), pp. 469-492, Organization of American Historians.
   
6. 
   “Martin Bladen's Blueprint for a Colonial Union.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 17, No. 4 (Oct., 1960), pp. 516-530, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
   
7. 
   “South Carolina's Colonial Constitution: Two Proposals for Reform.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 62, No. 2 (Apr., 1961), pp. 72-81, South Carolina Historical Society.
   
8. 
   “The Currency Act of 1764 in Imperial-Colonial Relations, 1764-1776.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 18, No. 4 (Oct., 1961), pp. 485-518, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
   
9. 
   “The Role of the Lower Houses of Assembly in Eighteenth-Century Politics.”The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 27, No. 4 (Nov., 1961), pp. 451-474, Southern Historical Association.
   
10. 
    “The Opposition to Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood 1718.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 70, No. 1, Part One (Jan., 1962), pp. 35-42, Virginia Historical Society.
    
11. 
    “The Attempt to Separate the Offices of Speaker and Treasurer in Virginia, 1758-1766.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 71, No. 1, Part One (Jan., 1963), pp. 11-18, Virginia Historical Society.
    
12. 
    “Bridge to Revolution: The Wilkes Fund Controversy in South Carolina, 1769- 1775.” The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 29, No. 1 (Feb., 1963), pp. 19-52, Southern Historical Association.
    
13. 
    "A Dress of Horror: Henry McCulloh's Objections to the Stamp Act.” Huntington Library Quarterly, Vol. 26, No. 3 (May, 1963), pp. 253-262, University of California Press.
    
14. 
    “Ideas and the American Revolution.” American Quarterly, Vol. 17, No. 3 (Autumn, 1965), pp. 592-595, The Johns Hopkins University Press.
    
15. 
    "Not to Be Governed or Taxed, but by... Our Representatives: Four Essays in Opposition to the Stamp Act by Landon Carter.” The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 76, No. 3 (Jul., 1968), pp. 259-300, Virginia Historical Society.
    
16. 
    “Political Mimesis: A Consideration of the Historical and Cultural Roots of Legislative Behavior in the British Colonies in the Eighteenth Century.” The American Historical Review, Vol. 75, No. 2 (Dec., 1969), pp. 364-367, The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the American Historical Association.
    
17. 
    “Search for Identity: An Interpretation of the Meaning of Selected Patterns of Social Response in Eighteenth-Century America.” Journal of Social History, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Spring, 1969 - Spring, 1970), pp. 189-220, Oxford University Press.
    
18. 
    “The Social Origins of the American Revolution: An Evaluation and an Interpretation.” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 88, No. 1 (Mar., 1973), pp. 1-22, The Academy of Political Science.
    
19. 
    “William Knox's Explanation for the American Revolution” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 30, No. 2 (Apr., 1973), pp. 293-306, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
    
20. 
    “The Political Authorship of Sir Egerton Leigh.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 75, No. 3 (Jul., 1974), pp. 143-152, South Carolina Historical Society.
    
21. 
    “Social Structure and Political Behavior in Revolutionary America: John Day's Remarks on American Affairs.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul., 1975), pp. 481-494, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
    
22. 
    Values and Society in Revolutionary America.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 426, Bicentennial Conference on the Constitution: A Report to the Academy (Jul., 1976), pp. 53-69. Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and Social Science
    
23. 
    “Paine, America, and the "Modernization" of Political Consciousness.” Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 93, No. 1 (Spring, 1978), pp. 73-92, The Academy of Political Science.
    
24. 
    “Legislative Turnover in British America, 1696 to 1775: A Quantitative Analysis.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul., 1981), pp. 442-463, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
    
25. 
    The Background of the Articles of Confederation,” Publius, Vol. 12, No. 4, The Continuing Legacy of the Articles of Confederation (Autumn, 1982), pp. 15-44, Oxford University Press
    
26. 
    “ ’An Instructive Monitor:’ Experience and the Fabrication of the Federal Constitution Proceedings.” American Philosophical Society, Vol. 131, No. 3, A More Perfect Union: Essays on the Constitution (Sep., 1987), pp. 298-307.
    
27. 
    “Colonial South Carolina and the Caribbean Connection.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 88, No. 4 (Oct., 1987), pp. 192-210, South Carolina Historical Society.
    
28. 
    “Transplanting Moments: Inheritance in the Formation of Early American Culture.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 48, No. 2 (Apr., 1991), pp. 224-230, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
    
29. 
    “Interpretive Frameworks: The Quest for Intellectual Order in Early American History.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 48, No. 4 (Oct., 1991), pp. 515-530, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
    
30. 
    “Social and Cultural Capital in Colonial British America: A Case Study.” The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Vol. 29, No. 3, Patterns of Social Capital: Stability and Change in Comparative Perspective: Part I (Winter, 1999), pp. 491-509, The MIT Press.
    
31. 
    "Slavery or Independence: Some Reflections on the Relationship among Liberty, Black Bondage, and Equality in Revolutionary South Carolina.” The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 101, No. 1 (Jan., 2000), pp. 15-35, South Carolina Historical Society.
    
32. 
    “The American Revolution.” The American Historical Review, Vol. 105, No. 1 (Feb., 2000), pp. 93-102, The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the American Historical Association/
    
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    "A Plain and Natural Right to Life and Liberty: An Early Natural Rights Attack on the Excesses of the Slave System in Colonial British America.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 57, No. 4 (Oct., 2000), pp. 793-808, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
    
34. 
    “Elaborations.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Apr., 2007), pp. 281-286, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
    
35. 
    “Colonial History and National History: Reflections on a Continuing Problem.” The William and Mary Quarterly, Third Series, Vol. 64, No. 2 (Apr., 2007), pp. 235-250, Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture.
    

1. 
   The Quest for Power: The Lower Houses of Assembly in the Southern Royal Colonies, 1689-1776 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1963).
   
2. 
   Landon Carter: An Inquiry into the Personal Values and Social Imperatives of the Eighteenth-Century Virginia Gentry (Charlottesville:University Press of Virginia, 1967)
   
3. 
   Preachers and Politicians: Two Essays on the Origins of the American Revolution (Worcester, Mass.: American Antiquarian Society, 1977). With William G. McLoughlin
   
4. 
   Peripheries and Center: Constitutional Development in the Extended Polities of the British Empire and the United States, 1607-1789 (Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1986)
   
5. 
   Pursuits of Happiness: The Social Development of the Early Modern British Colonies and the Formation of American Culture (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1988)
   
6. 
   Imperatives, Behaviors, and Identities: Essays in Early American Cultural History (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992)
   
7. 
   The Intellectual Construction of America: Exceptionalism and Identity from 1492 to 1800 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1993)
   
8. 
   Negotiated Authorities: Essays in Colonial Political and Constitutional History (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994)
   
9. 
   Explaining the American Revolution: Issues, Interpretations, and Actors (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1995)
   
10. 
    Interpreting Early America: Historiographical Essays (Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1996)
    
11. 
    The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010)
    

1. 
   Preconditions of Revolution in Early Modern Europe (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1970). With Robert Forster
   
2. 
   Neither Slave, Nor Free: The Freedmen of African Descent in the Slave Societies of the New World (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1972). With David W. Cohen
   
3. 
   Interdisciplinary Studies of the American Revolution (Beverly Hills and London: Sage Publications, 1976). With Pauline Maier
   
4. 
   Colonial British America: Essays in the New History of the Early Modern Era (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1984). With J. R. Pole
   
5. 
   The American Revolution: Its Character and Limits (New York: New York University Press, 1987)
   
6. 
   Money, Trade, and Power: The Evolution of Colonial South Carolina s Plantation Society (Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 2001). With Randy J. Sparks, and Rosemary Brana-Shute
   
7. 
   Atlantic History: A Critical Reappraisal (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009). With Philip D. Morgan
   
8. 
   Exclusionary Empire: The Transmission of the English Liberty Overseas 1600 to 1900 (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009)
   

1. 
   Encyclopedia of American Political History, 3 vols. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1984)
   
2. 
   The Blackwell Dictionary of Historians (Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988). With John Cannon, R.H.C. Davis, and William Doyle
   
3. 
   The Blackwell Companion to the American Revolution (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 2000). With J. R. Pole