Peter N. Stearns KBE
Born	Peter Nathaniel Stearns (1936-03-03)March 3, 1936 (age 89) London, England
Occupation	Professor
Education	Harvard University
Genre	History,children's history,world history
Notable awards	Mason Medal Senator Paul Simon Spotlight Award
Spouse	Donna Kidd
Children	Duncan Stearns, Deborah Stearns, Clio Stearns, Cordelia Stearns

Peter Nathaniel Stearns (born March 3, 1936) is a professor atGeorge Mason University, where he was provost from January 1, 2000 to July 2014.^[1]

Stearns was chair of the Department of History atCarnegie Mellon University and also served as the Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (now namedDietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences) at Carnegie Mellon University. In addition, he founded and edited theJournal of Social History. While at Carnegie Mellon, he developed a pioneering approach to teachingWorld History, and has contributed to the field as well through editing, and contributing to, the Routledge series, Themes in World History. He is also known for various work on the nature and impact of the industrial revolution and for exploration of new topics, particularly in the history of emotions.

He is active in historical groups such as theSociety for French Historical Studies, theAmerican Historical Association, theSocial Science History Association and theInternational Society for Research on Emotion.

Peter Stearns was born in London, but of American parents (Raymond and Elizabeth) and was an American citizen at birth. He was raised in Urbana, Illinois and attended public grade school and then the University of Illinois High School. After graduating from Harvard College,summa cum laude, he had a traveling fellowship in Europe and then returned to complete his PhD at Harvard. He has four children and a stepson, and seven grandchildren. He has held positions at the University of Chicago, Rutgers, Carnegie Mellon, and now George Mason.

He attendedHarvard College and later received his Ph.D. fromHarvard University.^[2] In his prolific career as an author and editor, he has written or edited over 135 different books. Stearns served as founding chair of theAdvanced Placement World History committee and as vice president for teaching of theAmerican Historical Association.^[3]

His books include:

• 1848: The Revolutionary Tide in Europe, Norton, 1974
• American Behavioral History
• American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-century Emotional Style. NYU Press. 1994.ISBN 978-0-8147-7996-5.
• Anxious Parents: A History of Modern Childrearing in America. NYU Press. November 1, 2004.ISBN 978-0-8147-9849-2.
• Carol Zisowitz Stearns; Peter N. Stearns (June 15, 1989).Anger: The Struggle for Emotional Control in America's History. University of Chicago Press.ISBN 978-0-226-77152-6.
• Battleground of Desire
• Childhood in World History. Routledge. May 2, 2006. pp. 2–.ISBN 978-1-134-26260-1.
• Consumerism in World History: The Global Transformation of Desire. Routledge. April 18, 2006. pp. 2–.ISBN 978-1-134-15677-1.
• Cultural Change in Modern World History
• Cultures in Motion
• Debating the Industrial Revolution (2015)
• Documents in World History
• Emotion and Social Change
• Encyclopedia of European Social History
• The Encyclopedia of World History
• Fat History: Bodies and Beauty in the Modern West. NYU Press. September 1, 2002.ISBN 978-0-8147-3982-2.
• Gender in World History. Routledge. April 18, 2006. pp. 3–.ISBN 978-1-134-15669-6.
• Global Outrage
• Globalization in World History. Routledge. October 20, 2009.ISBN 978-1-135-25993-8.
• Growing Up: The History of Childhood in a Global Context. Baylor University Press. January 1, 2005.ISBN 978-1-932792-28-7.
• Guiding the American University: Challenges and Choices (2015)
• History of Shame (2017)
• Time in World History (2019)
• Human Rights in World History. Routledge. May 4, 2012.ISBN 978-1-136-31812-2.
• The Industrial Revolution in World History. Westview Press. August 7, 2012.ISBN 978-0-8133-4730-1.
• Knowing, Teaching, and Learning History: National and International Perspectives
• Lives of Labour: Work in a Maturing Industrial Society (1975)
• Peace in World History. Taylor & Francis. April 3, 2014.ISBN 978-1-134-75721-3.
• Peacebuilding Through Dialogue: Education, Human Transformation, and Conflict Resolution. George Mason University Press in collaboration with the Ikeda Center. December 2018.ISBN 978-1-942695-11-0.
• Satisfaction Not Guaranteed: Dilemmas of Progress in Modern Society. NYU Press. April 30, 2012.ISBN 978-0-8147-8855-4.
• Sexuality in World History. Routledge. February 18, 2009. pp. 3–.ISBN 978-1-135-96896-0.
• The Industrial Turn in World History (2016)
• The Revolutions of 1848 (1974)
• Tolerance in World History
• Western Civilization in World History. Routledge. January 28, 2008. pp. 1–.ISBN 978-1-134-37475-5.
• World Civilizations
• World History in Brief
• World History: Patterns of Change and Continuity

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