• David T. Beito
  Associate Professor
  Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, 1986
  
  dbeito@bama.ua.edu
  
  

  Research Interests:

• 20th Century Black History
• 20th Century U.S. Social History
• 20th Century U.S. Urban History



Courses Recently Taught:

• American Civilization from 1865 (HY 204)
• American Civilization to 1865 (HY 203)
• U.S. Social History since 1877
• United States History 1877-1917
  

Recent Publications:

• Editor, with Peter Gordon and Alexander Tabarrok, The Voluntary City: Choice, Community, and Civil Society (University of Michigan Press, 2002).
• From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2000).
• Taxpayers in Revolt: Tax Resistance during the Great Depression (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1989).
• (with Linda Royster Beito), “Gold Democrats and the Decline of Classical Liberalism, 1896-1900,” Independent Review 4 (Spring 2000), 555-571. [Click here for a link to the article (pdf file)]
  

Current Project:

• A full length biography of Dr. T.R.M. Howard (1908-1976), a civil rights leader, entrepreneur, and mutual-aid leader.

Grants, Awards, and Honors:

• Research Fellow, Earhart Foundation (1992-1993, 2002).
• Visiting Scholar, Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University (1992, 1999).
• Ellis Hawley Prize, Best Article by a Junior Scholar, Journal of Policy History (1995).
• Urban History Association Award for Best Scholarly Journal Article in Urban History (1990).
• Summer Residence Fellowship, Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia (1986).
  

  Other Scholarly Activities:

• President, Alabama Scholars Association.
• Member, Liberty and Power (Group Blog at History News Network).

Other Publications:

• "New Probe in Till Case Unlikely to Bear Fruit," Atlanta-Journal Constitution, May 19, 2004.
• "Why It's Unlikely the Emmett Till Murder Mystery Will Ever Be Solved," History News Network, April 26, 2004.
• "Getting the State of Alabama to Improve its History Standards: Victories and Defeats," History News Network, April 9, 2004.
• "Wrong Song of the South: The Dangerous Fallacies of Confederate Multiculturalism," Reason Online, July 19, 2004.
• "Why We Are Dissatisfied with the OAH's Report on Repression" History News Network, November 15, 2004