C. (Charles) Andrews

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C. (Charles) Andrews

A leading historian of colonial America, he helped reshape how early American history was studied in the United States. His writing combined deep archival research with a broad view of the British Empire and its American colonies.

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The prisoners' memoirs, or, Dartmoor prison : containing a complete and impartial history of the entire captivity of the Americans in England, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the horrid massacre at Dartmoor, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815.

The prisoners' memoirs, or, Dartmoor prison : containing a complete and impartial history of the entire captivity of the Americans in England, from the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the treaty of Ghent. Also a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the horrid massacre at Dartmoor, on the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815.

by C. (Charles) Andrews

About the author

Born in 1863, Charles McLean Andrews was an American historian and teacher who became one of the best-known scholars of colonial American history. He taught at several universities and later served as a professor of history at Yale, where his work reached a wide academic audience.

Andrews was especially known for studying the American colonies as part of the larger British imperial world. That approach made him an important figure in what became known as the "Imperial school" of history, and his books and articles had a lasting influence on the field.

His best-known major work, The Colonial Period of American History, earned the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1935. He died in 1943, but he remains an important name for readers interested in early American history and the growth of historical scholarship in the United States.