Southern History, Early American History, agrarian history, history of capitalism

Professor, Abraham Baldwin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Ph.D. Brandeis 1976

Office: 224 LeConte
Office Hours: By Appt.
Phone: (706) 542-2517

kulikoff@uga.edu

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Publications include Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake 1680-1800 (1986, winner of the AHA's Dunning Prize and the SHA's Simkins Award); The Agrarian Origins of American Capitalism (1992); and From British Peasants to Colonial American Farmers (2000). He is working on three books: "Reinventing Early American History" (the class dimension of early America); "The Making of the American Yeoman Class" (colonial farmer class identity); and "The Farmer's Revolution." Kulikoff is also coordinating the Georgia Workshop Series on Early American History.

Research and Teaching Interests

Selected Publications

The Agrarian Origins of American Capitalism (University of Virginia Press, 1992) [More Info]

Tobacco and Slaves: The Development of Southern Cultures in the Chesapeake, 1680-1800 (University of North Carolina Press, 1986) [More Info]

Honors and Awards

Dunning Prize, American Historical Association (1986)

Courses Taught

HIST4000: Studies in American History [Syllabus]

HIST4000: Studies in American History [Syllabus]

HIST4028: U.S. Capitalism to 1877 [Syllabus]

HIST4068: The American Revolution [Syllabus]

HIST4071: Antebellum South [Syllabus]

HIST4730H: Marx and Marxism [Syllabus]

HIST4990: Senior Seminar [Syllabus]

HIST7001: Colloquium in North American History and United States History to 1865 [Syllabus]

Dissertations Supervised

Hagood, Thomas Chase, "Rewriting the Frontier: Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1816-1916" (In Progress)

Shefsiek, Kenneth, "The Creation and Preservation of a Hudson Valley Community" (In Progress)