Editing David B. Danbom

{{short description|American journalist (born 1947)}}

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| birth_place = [[Lynn, Massachusetts]], U.S.
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| known       = Historian, Author
| education   = [[Stanford University]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|PhD]])
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| employer    = Professor of agricultural history, North Dakota State University, Retired 2010
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'''David B. Danbom''' (born 1947{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}) is an American historian, author, and was a professor of [[History of agriculture|agricultural history]] at [[North Dakota State University]], for more than forty years. Danbom spent nine years on the [[Fargo Historic Preservation Commission]]. Danbom also served as president of the Agricultural History Society.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

Danbom received his degree in history at [[Colorado State University]] in 1969, and graduated in 1974, with his Ph.D., from [[Stanford University]]. After graduation, he began his teaching career at North Dakota State University, until retiring in 2010.<ref name=":2" />

Danbom, participated in a discussion on the history of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station and its activities, in 1990, and answered questions during the event.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Danbom|first1=David B|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/36867681|title=The future flows from the past|last2=Rostad|first2=Tami|last3=Cablecom of Fargo|last4=North Dakota State University|date=1990|publisher=Cablecom of Fargo : NDSU|location=Fargo, N.D.|language=en|oclc=36867681}}</ref> He has authored numerous books and articles, focusing on agriculture and the history of agriculture in the rural west, and been the recipient of several teaching awards.

He was a frequent contributor to the ''[[Fargo Forum]]'' newspaper, writing more than 100 opinion editorial columns, until his retirement, when he and his wife, Karen, moved to [[Loveland, Colorado]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />

==Selected works==
===Books===
*''Born in the Country: A History of Rural America'', Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Danbom|first=David B|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/962750154|title=Born in the country: a history of rural America|date=2017|isbn=978-1-4214-2335-7|language=en|oclc=962750154}}</ref>
*''Bridging the Distance: common issues of the rural West'', co-authored with the Bill Lane Center for the American West, University of Utah, 2015.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Danbom|first1=David B|title=Bridging the distance: common issues of the rural West|last2=Bill Lane Center for the American West|date=2015|isbn=978-1-60781-456-6|oclc=952108241}}</ref>
*''Going it Alone: Fargo Grapples with the Great Depression'', Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2005.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Danbom|first=David B|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60605222|title=Going it alone: Fargo grapples with the Great Depression|date=2005|publisher=Minnesota Historical Society Press|isbn=978-0-87351-546-7|location=St. Paul, MN|language=en|oclc=60605222}}</ref>
*''Fargo, North Dakota: 1870-1940'', co-authored with Claire Strom, Arcadia Pub., 2002.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Danbom|first1=David B|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50774795|title=Fargo, North Dakota 1870-1940|last2=Strom|first2=Claire|last3=Grosz|first3=Jennifer|last4=Hallberg|first4=John R|date=2002|publisher=Arcadia Pub.|isbn=978-0-7385-2017-9|location=Chicago, IL|language=en|oclc=50774795}}</ref>
*''Our Purpose Is to Serve: The First Century of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station'', North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies, 1990.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Danbom|first1=David B|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/924707043|title=¿7FOur purpose is to serve": the first century of the North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station|last2=North Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station|date=1990|publisher=North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies|isbn=978-0-911042-38-2|location=Fargo, N.D.|language=en|oclc=924707043}}</ref>
*''"The World of Hope": Progressives and the Struggle for an Ethical Public Life'', Temple University Press, 1987.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Danbom|first=David B|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13945882|title="The world of hope": progressives and the struggle for an ethical public life|date=1987|publisher=Temple University Press|isbn=978-0-87722-453-2|location=Philadelphia|language=en|oclc=13945882}}</ref>
*''The Resisted Revolution: Urban America and the Industrialization of Agriculture, 1900-1930'', Iowa State University Press, 1979.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Danbom|first=David B|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/301693372|title=The resisted revolution: urban america and the industrialization of agriculture, 1900-1930.|date=1979|publisher=Iowa State University Press|location=Ames|language=en|oclc=301693372}}</ref>

===Dissertation Thesis===

''The Industrialization of Agriculture'', Ph.D. Department of History, Stanford University, 1974.<ref>{{Cite thesis|title=The industrialization of agriculture|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38608284|date=1974|language=en|first=David B|last=Danbom|oclc=38608284}}</ref>

==Teaching awards==
*1985, 1990, 1997 [[Mortar Board]] Preferred Professor
*1990 Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Award<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Distinguished Alumni Awards: David B. Danbom|url=https://history.colostate.edu/news/distinguished-alumni-awards-david-b-danbom/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=History|language=en-US}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
*1990 Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) North Dakota Professor of the Year<ref name=":0" />
*1998 North Dakota State University Faculty Lectureship Award.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Faculty Lectureship {{!}} Provost {{!}} NDSU|url=https://www.ndsu.edu/provost/administrative_units/facultyaffairs/awards/faculty_lectureship/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=www.ndsu.edu|archive-date=2018-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824175308/https://www.ndsu.edu/provost/administrative_units/facultyaffairs/awards/faculty_lectureship/|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*2002 Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Outstanding Educator Award
*2013 North Dakota State University College of Liberal Arts, Distinguished Alumnus Award<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Retired faculty member to be honored|url=https://www.ndsu.edu/news/view/detail/9883/|access-date=2020-11-09|website=www.ndsu.edu|language=en-us}}</ref>

==See also==
*Borish, Linda J. "Book Reviews." Technology and Culture, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Jul., 1997), pp.&nbsp;799–801.
*Beltman, Brian W. The Journal of Southern History, Vol. 63, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp.&nbsp;220–222.

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