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Carl Russell Fish
1876–1932
A lively American historian and beloved University of Wisconsin teacher, he wrote about politics, diplomacy, and the growth of the United States in ways meant for both students and general readers. His books helped shape early 20th-century understanding of American history.
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The Path of Empire: A Chronicle of the United States as a World Power
by Carl Russell Fish
About the author
Born in Central Falls, Rhode Island, in 1876, he studied at Brown University and earned his Ph.D. at Harvard before joining the University of Wisconsin faculty in 1900. He spent the rest of his career there, becoming known as a popular and engaging historian.
His work focused on American political, diplomatic, and social history. Among his best-known books are The Civil Service and the Patronage, The Development of American Nationality, 1793–1815, and The Rise of the Common Man, 1830–1850, along with a later one-volume History of America.
He died in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1932. Remembered as both a serious scholar and a gifted teacher, he left behind a body of work that helped bring American history to a wide audience.