Edward A. Purcell Jr.
Introduction '''Edward A. Purcell Jr.''' (born Kansas City, Missouri) is an American historian.
Life Purcell grew up in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Rockhurst College, where he received a B.A. in 1962, then went on to the University of Kansas, earning an M.A. in American history in 1964.He received a Ph.D. in 1968 from the University of Wisconsin, then taught at the University of California, Berkeley and at Wellesley College before attending Harvard Law School, where he received a J.D. in 1979.He is the Joseph Solomon Distinguished Professor at New York Law School.His work has appeared in ''Virginia Law Review,'' ''The University of Pennsylvania Law Review,'' ''UCLA Law Review'', ''American Historical Review'', the ''Journal of American History,'' and the ''American Quarterly''.
Awards * 2013 Outstanding Scholar Award from the Fellows of the American Bar Foundation* Charles Warren Fellow in American Legal History at Harvard Law School* 1972 Frederick Jackson Turner Award* American Bar Association Silver Gavel Certificate of Merit* Supreme Court Historical Society’s Triennial Griswold Prize* Association of American Law Schools’ Coif Triennial Book Award
Works * * * * * * ''Progressive Lawyering, Globalization and Markets: Rethinking Ideology and Strategy'' (William S. Hein & Co., 2007)* ''Private Law and Social Inequality in the Industrial Age: Comparing Legal Cultures in Britain, France, Germany, and the United States'' (Oxford University Press, 2000)
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