The University of Georgia, Department of History

Claudio Saunt

Early and Native American history

Professor
Ph.D., Duke University, 1996

Office: 308 LeConte
Office Hours: No office hours
Phone: (706) 542-2518

csaunt@uga.edu

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Claudio Saunt's most recent book is Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family (Oxford University Press, 2005). He has published articles in the Journal of American History, William and Mary Quarterly, Journal of Southern History, and the American Indian Quarterly. His website is http://csaunt.myweb.uga.edu/.

Research and Teaching Interests

[Native American]
[Early America]
[U.S. South]

Selected Publications

"Go West: Mapping Early American Historiography," William and Mary Quarterly (Oct. 2008) winner of the 2009 Bolton-Cutter Award from the Western History Association

"Telling Stories: The Political Uses of Myth and History in the Cherokee and Creek Nations," Journal of American History (Dec. 2006)

Black, White, and Indian: Race and the Unmaking of an American Family (Oxford University Press, 2005) [More Info]

"The Paradox of Freedom: Tribal Sovereignty and Emancipation during the Reconstruction of Indian Territory," Journal of Southern History (Feb. 2004)

A New Order of Things: Property, Power, and the Transformation of the Creek Indians, 1733-1816 (Cambridge, 1999) [More Info]

Honors and Awards

Research Fellowship, American Philosophical Society, Year-long research grant (2009)

Bolton-Cutter Award, Western History Association, Best Article on Borderlands History (2009)

Clements Prize, Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University, Best non-fiction book on Southwestern America (2005)

Green and Ramsdell Award, Southern Historical Association, Best article published in The Journal of Southern History over two-year period (2004/2005)

Wheeler-Voegelin Award, American Society for Ethnohistory, Best book in ethnohistory (2000)

Charles S. Sydnor Award, Southern Historical Association, Best book on Southern history (2000)