Travis L. Crosby

Professor of History, Emeritus

Office: Knapton 324
Phone: 508-286-3675
Email: tcrosby@wheatoncollege.edu

Degrees

Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1965
Fulbright Fellow, Univesity College, London, 1963-65
B.A., University of Texas, 1959

Main Interests

Exploring the uses of psychology in explaining the past, and examining the political and social structure of modern Britain.

Research Interests

Completing a psychological study of three prominent British politicians. Volume one, on William Gladstone, has been published. Volume two, "Personality, Power, and Politics: A Study of Joseph Chamberlain" is now in completed manuscript form. Volume three, "David Lloyd-George: A Life in Conflict", is under way.

Teaching Interests

British and European History survey courses; Early Modern European History; The French Revolution; Crime and Criminality in British History; Psycho/History.

Selected Publications, Creative Work or Performances

The Two Mr. Gladstones: A Study in Psychology and History
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1997.

Psycho/History: Readings in the Methodology of Psychoanalysis, Psychology, and History (ed. with Geoffrey Cocks)
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1987.

The Impact of Civilian Evacuation in the Second World War
London: Croom Helm, 1986.

British Farmers and the Politics of Protection, 1815-52
Hassocks, Sussex, England: Harvester, 1977.

Sir Robert Peel's Administration
Newton Abbot and London: David & Charles, 1976.