Christopher England

Biography

In 2023, Christopher England published his first book Land and Liberty: Henry George and the Crafting of Modern Liberalism, the history of a social movement that sought to alleviate inequality by redistributing urban rents. His research has been featured in American Experience, De Correspondent, The New Books Network, The New Liberal Podcast, The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, KZSU Stanford, Civic Story and The New York Times.

He has taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Stanford University and Georgetown University. He has also worked in public history as a curator at the Wisconsin Historical Society. He joined Towson University’s history department in 2023. He is currently researching a second book on Social Darwinism and U.S. education.

Selected Publications

Land and Liberty: Henry George and the Crafting of Modern Liberalism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.

“Herbert Spencer.” In The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Thinkers, edited by Brett A. Geier, 611-624. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature, 2024.

“‘Land Monopoly’ and 20th Century American Utility Policy.” History of Intellectual Culture 11, no. 1 (2018): 1-19. https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/hic/article/view/69194/53538

“John Dewey and Henry George: The Socialization of Land as a Prerequisite for a Democratic Public.” The American Journal of Economics and Sociology 77, no. 1 (2018): 169-200. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajes.12217

Reviews

Review of The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights by Jo Guldi. Urban History 51, no. 3 (2024): 660-662. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926824000294

Review of The Mismeasure of Progress by Stephen J. Macekura. History: Reviews of New Books 21, no. 3 (2021): 78-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/03612759.2021.1909326

“The New Robber Barons." Review of Freaks of Fortune, by Jonathan Levy, and A Nation of Counterfeiters by Stephen Mihm. Essays in History 47, no.1 (Winter 2013): 1-14. https://essaysinhistoryjournal.com/article/id/1651/