Charles N. Glaab, Professor Emeritus, joined The University of Toledo history faculty in 1968. He received his doctorate from the University of Missouri in 1958. A specialist in American urban history, he is also responsible for the departmental graduate courses in American historiography.
He is in the process of writing a book on the culture of the nineteenth-century American city. Dr. Glaab has served on the editorial boards of nine scholarly journals and publication projects, and was editor of the Urban History Newsletter for many years. He has recently served as co-editor of the Northwest Ohio Quarterly.
Contact Information:
Office: Tucker Hall 2143
Phone: 419-530-2296
Email: charles.glaab@utoledo.edu
Publications:
Books
Dr. Glaab's many publications include: Kansas City and the Railroads (2nd edition, 1993); The American City: A Documentary History (1963); A History of Urban America (3d ed., 1983); Factories in the Valley: Neenah-Menasha, 1870-1910 (1969); and Toledo: Gateway to the Great Lakes (1982).
Articles
Dr. Glaab has also published more than twenty-five articles and book chapters on business, cultural and urban history, progressivism and American historiography.