Steven Hahn

Steven Hahn is an acclaimed American historian who is best known for his works on the Civil War and Reconstruction. Hahn has published numerous books on the Civil War and its aftermath, as well as on the history of American slavery and of American labor. His books include "The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom" (2009), "The Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad" (2009) and "A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830–1910" (2016).

Hahn was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland and went to Goucher College in Maryland. He went on to graduate from Yale University in 1982 with a degree in History. Hahn then received his Ph.D. in History from Harvard University in 1988.

Hahn has held posts at a variety of academic institutions, including Yale, Michigan State University, Princeton, the University of California, Davis, and currently the University of Pennsylvania, where he is a Professor of History. Hahn has received numerous awards for his scholarship, including the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book, "A Nation Without Borders."

Hahn’s first major work was "The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers and the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry, 1850-1890," published in 1983. The book examines the changing role of farmers in the Southern United States in the 19th century. Hahn argues that farmers played an important role in the formation of the Democratic Party and in the development of anti-slavery sentiment in the South.

In his second book, "The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom," Hahn looks at the ways in which slavery, emancipation, and Reconstruction shaped American politics. He examines the connections between slavery and politics, and shows how African American efforts to form organizations and networks in the era of Reconstruction laid the foundation for the politics of the 20th century.

Hahn's third major work was "The Liberty Line: The Legend of the Underground Railroad," published in 2009. The book examines the history of the Underground Railroad, the network of people and organizations that helped slaves escape from the South to freedom. Drawing on a range of sources, Hahn shows how the Underground Railroad was used to resist the power of the slave system and how it helped to shape the politics of the Civil War years.

Hahn's most recent book, "A Nation Without Borders: The United States and Its World in an Age of Civil Wars, 1830–1910," published in 2016, examines the role of the United States in the world from the era of Andrew Jackson to the start of World War I. Drawing on an expansive range of sources, Hahn shows how the United States shaped a new kind of global politics, one which connected the Atlantic world with Latin America and the Pacific Rim.

Steven Hahn is an acclaimed American historian who has produced an impressive body of scholarship on the history of the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. His work highlights the role of slavery, emancipation, and Reconstruction in American politics and in shaping a new kind of global politics. His books are essential reading for any student of American history, as they give readers a rich and nuanced picture of the history of the United States and of the connections between the United States and the rest of the world.