Jon C. Teaford is

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in the History Department at

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. He specializes in American

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and early on in his career he specialized in

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. Teaford became interested in history at a young age, stemming from his fascination with president

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. He received his PhD from the

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in 1973; his dissertation, ''The Municipal Revolution in America: Origins of Modern Urban Government, 1650–1825'', was also published as a book in 1975. Many of his books received critical acclaim. He retired in 2003. In 2011–2012 he served as president of the Urban History Association.

Books

* Teaford, Jon (1975) ''The Municipal Revolution in America: Origins of Modern Urban Government, 1650–1825''. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. * Teaford, Jon (1979) ''City and Suburb: The Political Fragmentation of Metropolitan America, 1850–1970.'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. * Teaford, Jon (1984) ''The Unheralded Triumph: City Government in America, 1870–1900.'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. * Teaford, Jon (1986) ''The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality.'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 3rd ed., 2016. * Teaford, Jon (1993) ''Cities of the Heartland: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest.'' Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press. * Teaford, Jon (1996) ''Post-Suburbia: Government and Politics in the Edge Cities'' Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. (2nd ed., 2019) * Teaford, Jon (2006) ''The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America.'' New York: Columbia University Press. * Teaford, Jon (2008) ''The American Suburb: The Basics.'' New York: Routledge.

References

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