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Howard W. Allen

Born: N/A
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Allen works at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Biography: Howard W. Allen is a political historian and author. He was the Executive Director of the Social Science History Association from 1981 to 1993. Professor Allen is an authority on the application of quantitative methods to historical research.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Howard W. Allen on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=howard+w.+allen

Selected Titles

  Illinois elections, 1818-1990 :
ISBN: 0809317354 OCLC: 24066941

Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale : ©1992.

Poindexter of Washington :
ISBN: 0809309521 OCLC: 44958984

Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale : ©1981.

Race, class, and the death penalty :
ISBN: 9780791474372 OCLC: 232652589

State University of New York Press, Albany, N.Y. : ©2008.

 

 

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