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Richard O. Davies, Professor of History, is co-editor with Professor Scott Casper of one of the texts used in Core Humanities 203, Five Hundred Years; America In The World . He has offered honors and regular classes in Core Humanities 203 since the inception of the core curriculum in 1990. Davies is author of several books on twentieth century American history that reflect his three research interests: political history, community studies, and sports history. His books include: Housing Reform During the Truman Administration (1966); The Age of Asphalt; The Automobile, the Freeway, and the Condition of Urban America (1975), Defender of the Old Guard; John Bricker and American Politics (1993); Main Street Blues; The Decline of Small-Town America (1998); America’s Obsession; Sports and Society since 1945 (1994); and Betting the Line; Sports Wagering In American Life (2002, with Richard G. Abram). He is also the editor of several books, including four editions of Five Hundred Years; A Place Called Home: Writings on the Midwestern Small Town (2003, with Joseph Amato and David Pichaske), America ’s Recent Past (1968, with Franklin Mitchell); and The Maverick Spirit: Building the New Nevada (1998). He has been working for several years on an interpretative social history of American Sports which is on schedule for publication in 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Company of London . On campus, he was the 1995 recipient of the Feltner-Mousel Prize for research and the 1995 runner-up for the University Tibbetts Award for teaching. In 1999 he was named a University Foundation Professor. He spends his leisure time attempting (futilely) to lower his golf handicap and raise his tennis rating.

Richard O. Davies
Richard O. Davies, Professor of History, is co-editor with Professor Scott Casper of one of the texts used in Core Humanities 203, Five Hundred Years; America In The World . He has offered honors and regular classes in Core Humanities 203 since the inception of the core curriculum in 1990. Davies is author of several books on twentieth century American history that reflect his three research interests: political history, community studies, and sports history. His books include: Housing Reform During the Truman Administration (1966); The Age of Asphalt; The Automobile, the Freeway, and the Condition of Urban America (1975), Defender of the Old Guard; John Bricker and American Politics (1993); Main Street Blues; The Decline of Small-Town America (1998); America’s Obsession; Sports and Society since 1945 (1994); and Betting the Line; Sports Wagering In American Life (2002, with Richard G. Abram). He is also the editor of several books, including four editions of Five Hundred Years; A Place Called Home: Writings on the Midwestern Small Town (2003, with Joseph Amato and David Pichaske), America ’s Recent Past (1968, with Franklin Mitchell); and The Maverick Spirit: Building the New Nevada (1998). He has been working for several years on an interpretative social history of American Sports which is on schedule for publication in 2006 by Blackwell Publishing Company of London . On campus, he was the 1995 recipient of the Feltner-Mousel Prize for research and the 1995 runner-up for the University Tibbetts Award for teaching. In 1999 he was named a University Foundation Professor. He spends his leisure time attempting (futilely) to lower his golf handicap and raise his tennis rating.
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