For the politician, see David M. Kennedy.

David M. Kennedy is a historian specializing in American history. He is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. Professor Kennedy's scholarship is notable for its integration of economic analysis and cultural analysis with social history and political history.

Books

• Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger (1970)
  • John Gilmary Shea Prize, 1970
  • Bancroft Prize, 1971
• Social Thought in America and Europe, co-editor with Paul A. Robinson (1970)
• Progressivism: The Critical Issues, editor (1971)
• The American People in the Depression (1973)
• The American People in the Age of Kennedy (West Haven: Pendulum Press, 1973)
• Over Here: The First World War and American Society (1980)
  • Pulitzer Prize Finalist, 1981
• Power and Responsibility: Case Studies in American Leadership, co-editor with Michael Parrish (1986)
• The American Pageant: A History of the Republic, co-author with Thomas A. Bailey and Lizabeth Cohen (1979)
• The American Spirit: United States History as Seen by Contemporaries, co-editor with Thomas A. Bailey (1983)
• Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (1999)
  • Pulitzer Prize, 2000
  • Francis Parkman Prize, 2000
  • Ambassador's Prize, 2000
  • California Gold Medal for Literature, 2000

Education

• Ph.D., Yale University, 1968, American Studies
• M.A., Yale University, 1964, American Studies
• B.A., Stanford University, 1963, History