Walter Licht

Walter Licht
Born	(1946-07-15) July 15, 1946 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA) University of Chicago (MA) Princeton University (MA, PhD)
Scientific career
Fields	Labor history, Economic history
Institutions	University of Pennsylvania

Walter Licht (born July 15, 1946) is an American historian who specializes in labor history, economic history, and the history of American capitalism. He is Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania.

Life and career

Licht earned his B.A. at Harvard University and an M.A. in sociology at the University of Chicago before moving to Princeton University where he completed an M.A. and Ph.D. in history.

He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 1977 and is also the faculty director of the Civic House and the Penn Civic Scholars Program.

Works

• American Capitalisms: The U.S. Economy in Historic World Perspective. (Princeton University Press, forthcoming)
• The Face of Decline: The Pennsylvania Anthracite Region in the Twentieth Century (Cornell University Press, 2005) ISBN 978-0801484735.
• Getting Work: Philadelphia, 1840–1950 (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1992/2000) ISBN 978-0812217193.
• Industrializing America: The Nineteenth Century (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1995) ISBN 978-0801850141.
• Work Sights: Industrial Philadelphia, 1890-1950 (Temple University Press, 1986) ISBN 978-0877223412.
• Working For The Railroad: The Organization of Work in the Nineteenth Century (Princeton University Press, 1983/2014) ISBN 978-0691609973.