Biographical Information

• Emeritus Professor, specializing in modern Europe, European intellectual history, and the history of socialism
• B.A. 1950, University of Oregon
• M.A. 1951, Harvard University
• Ph.D. 1957, Harvard University
• With the U of O since 1957  

Major Publications

• Marxism and the Origins of British Socialism (Cornell University Press, 1973)
• British Socialists: The Journey from Fantasy to Politics (Harvard University Press, 1979)
• Marxist Intellectuals and the Working Class Mentality in Germany, 1887-1912 (Harvard University Press, 1993)
• Leaving Marxism: Studies in the Dissolution of an Ideology (Stanford University Press, 2001)

Fellowships, Grants, and Honors

• Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Oregon, 1964
• Best Book Prize, Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association, 1974 (for Marxism and the Origins of British Socialism)
• Fellowships from the Fulbright Commission, Social Science Research Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the American Council of Learned Societies, and others

Current Research and Writing

• Working on a book project with the provisional title "The Bourgeoise Against Itself"