Bruce Nelson (historian)
Professor Emeritus Bruce Nelson | |
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Bruce Nelson (2007) | |
| Born | Joseph Bruce Nelson August 9, 1940 Flushing, Queens, New York City |
| Died | June 24, 2022 (aged 81) White River Junction, Vermont |
| Citizenship | American |
| Occupation | Professor of History |
| Awards | Frederick Jackson Turner Award (1989), Guggenheim Fellowship (2002) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Princeton University |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | United States History |
| Sub-discipline | Labor History of the United States |
| Institutions | Dartmouth College |
| Notable works | Workers on the Waterfront (1988) |
Joseph Bruce Nelson (1940-2022) was a professor emeritus of history at Dartmouth College and noted labor historian and scholar of the history of the concepts of race and class in the United States and among Western European immigrants to the U.S.