Niall Ferguson - Definition and Overview

Niall Ferguson

Niall Ferguson (April 18, 1964—), born in Glasgow in Scotland, is a well-known and widely-published British historian of modern imperialism. Ferguson is incumbent Professor of History at Harvard University and is currently Herzog Professor in Financial History at Stern School of Business, New York University, and Visiting Professor of History and Senior Research Fellow at Jesus College, University of Oxford.

Academic Career

Previous academic positions Ferguson has held are:

1989-1990 Research Fellow, Christ’s College, University of Cambridge

1990-1992 Official Fellow and Lecturer, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge

1992-2000 Fellow and Tutor in Modern History, Jesus College, University of Oxford

2000-2002 Professor of Political and Financial History, University of Oxford

Bibliography

• Colossus: the Rise and Fall of the American Empire, Allen Lane, 2004. ISBN 0713997702
• Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World, Allen Lane, 2003. ISBN 0713996153
• Twilight of the Crowns, Basic Books, 2002. ISBN 0465023185
• The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700-2000, London: Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 2001. ISBN 0713994657
• Virtual History: Alternatives and Counterfactuals, Basic Books, 1999. ISBN 0465023223
• The Pity of War: Explaining World War I, London: Allen Lane/Penguin Press, 1998. ISBN 0140275231. Basic Books, 1999, ISBN 046505711X
• The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker, 1849-1999, Viking Books, 1999. ISBN 0670887943
• The World's Banker: The History of the House of Rothschild, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1998, ISBN 0297815393
• The House of Rothschild: Money's Prophets 1798-1848, Viking Books, 1998. ISBN 0670857688
• Paper and Iron : Hamburg Business and German Politics in the Era of Inflation, 1897-1927, Cambridge University Press, 1995. ISBN 0521470161

External links

• Department Page for Niall Ferguson (http://pages.stern.nyu.edu/~nferguso/) - Stern Business School, New York University
• Department Page for Professor Niall C. Ferguson (http://www.history.ox.ac.uk/staff/other/ferguson.htm) - Jesus College, University of Oxford
• Hoover Institution - Niall Ferguson (http://www-hoover.stanford.edu/BIOS/ferguson.html), Senior Fellow
• Robert Fulford's Series of Articles about Niall Ferguson (http://www.robertfulford.com/NiallFerguson1.html) - compiled by the Toronto journalist

• Britain First (http://www.spectator.co.uk/article.php?table=old&section=current&issue=2004-09-25&id=5038) cover story in The Spectator September 25, 2004 (registration required)
• The End of Europe? (http://www.aei.org/news/newsID.20045,filter./news_detail.asp) comparing the empires of Europe and America, AEI Bradley Lecture, March 1, 2004