Anne F. Hyde

Anne Farrar Hyde (born 1960)^[1] is an American historian, author, and professor, specializing in the U.S. West and comparative North American history. Hyde wrote award-winning books such as Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800–1860 and An American Vision: Far Western Landscape and National Culture, 1820–1920. Her most recent book, Born of Lakes and Plains: Mixed Descent Families and the Making of the American West, 2021,^[2] is published by W. W. Norton.

Professor Anne F. Hyde
Born	1960 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Occupation(s)	Historian, Professor, Author
Academic background
Education	Ph.D. in History M.A. in History B.A. in History
Alma mater	University of California at Berkeley
Academic work
Discipline	American History
Sub-discipline	American Culture
Institutions	University of Oklahoma - Department of History

Education

Anne Hyde was born in St. Louis, Missouri, but was raised in Reno, Nevada. In 1982, Hyde received her Bachelor of Arts in American Studies at Mount Holyoke College.^[3][4]

In 1984, she completed her Master of Arts in History at the University of California, Berkeley. Four years later, in 1988, Hyde received her Ph.D. in History at the same university.^[3][4]

Teaching

Upon completing her Ph.D., Hyde first began teaching at the Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge as an assistant professor.^[4]

In 1991, Anne Hyde began teaching at the Colorado College, where she taught World History, American history, and Race and Ethnic Studies. She joined the Race and Ethnic Studies program in 1992. She became a department chair between 1996 and 1999 and program head between 2003 and 2004. Hyde worked as an assistant professor between 1991 and 1994, and an associate professor between 1994 and 2003. She became a full professor in 2004 and ran the Hulbert Center for Southwest Studies.^[4]

In 2016, Professor Hyde moved on to the University of Oklahoma's history faculty. She is editor-in-chief of the Western Historical Quarterly, the major journal in the history of the U.S. West.^[5]

In 2011 she was elected to serve on the American Historical Association's Council. She began working on the AHA's Tuning Project, serving as its Faculty Director, starting in 2012.^[6] She edited, with dozens of others, the 2013 and 2016 History Discipline Core.^[7]

Works

Anne Hyde wrote many pieces during her career. One of her first ones, "An American Vision: Far Western Landscape and American Culture, 1820–1920" was written in 1991^[8] — and won the 1992 W. Turrentine Jackson Award.^[9]

In 2000, Professor Hyde co-wrote "The West in the History of the Nation" with William Deverell.^[10]

In 2012, Professor Hyde published "Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800–1860"^[11] — which won the 2012 Bancroft Prize,^[12][4] and the Caughey Western History Prize.^[13] This book was also a Pulitzer Prize finalist in History.^[14]

Professor Hyde also wrote the introduction to "Frémont's First Impressions: The Original Report of His Exploring Expeditions of 1842–1844" that was published in 2012.^[15]

Most recently, her book, Born of Lakes and Plains: Mixed Descent Families and the Making of the American West, 2021,^[2] is published by W. W. Norton. According to Publishers Weekly, the book, "upends prevailing narratives about relations between Indigenous people and white Americans in this sweeping history of “the families and relationships that enabled Native peoples to survive into the present.” ^[16]

References

1. "Hyde, Anne Farrar, 1960–". id.loc.gov. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
2. Hyde, Anne (2021). Born of Lakes and Plains: Mixed-Descent Families and the Making of the American West. New York: W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0393634099.
3. "Anne Hyde". Center of the American West. University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
4. "Anne Farrar Hyde" (PDF). Colorado College. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
5. "Anne Hyde". The University of Oklahoma Department of History. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
6. "Tuning the History Discipline". American Historical Association. 12 November 2021. Archived from the original on 2016-12-22.
7. "AHA History Tuning Project: 2016 History Discipline Core | AHA". www.historians.org. Retrieved 2021-11-17.
8. Hyde, Anne F. (1990). An American Vision: Far Western Landscape and National Culture, 1820–1920 (Illustrated ed.). New York University Press. ISBN 9780814734667. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
9. "W. Turrentine-Jackson Prize Winners". Goodreads. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
10. Hyde, Anne F.; Deverell, William F. (2000). The West in the History of the Nation, Volume I: To 1877 (1st ed.). ISBN 978-0312191719.
11. Anne F. Hyde. Empires, Nations, and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800–1860. ASIN 0062225154.
12. "Anne Hyde Wins Bancroft Award". Colorado College. 15 March 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
13. "Caughey Western History Prize". The Western History Association. University of Nebraska at Omaha. Retrieved 5 November 2017. 2012 – Anne F. Hyde for Empires, Nations and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800–1860 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press 2011).
14. "Professor Anne Hyde's book named a Pulitzer Prize finalist". Colorado College. Colorado. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
15. John C. Frémont (2012). Frémont's First Impressions: The Original Report of His Exploring Expeditions of 1842–1844. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0803271357.
16. "Nonfiction Book Review: Born of Lakes and Plains: Mixed-Descent Peoples and the Making of the American West by Anne F. Hyde. Norton, $40 (480p) ISBN 978-0-393-63409-9". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-11-17.