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Theodore Saloutos (August 3, 1910 – November 15, 1980) was an American historian. His areas of research included agrarian politics and reform movements, immigration studies, and Greek immigration to the United States[1]

This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (February 2022)

Early life

Saloutos was born in Milwaukie, Wisconsin on August 3, 1910. His parents were immigrants from Greece.[2]

Education

Saloutos was awarded a BA in 1933 from Milwaukee State Teacher’s College. He took a Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin.[1]

Employment

Early in his career Saloutos taught at Oberlin College.

In 1945 he gained a post as lecturer in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, becoming a full professor in 1955. He stayed there until his retirement.[1]

Between 1965-1966 he was president of the Agriculture History Society. In 1973 he was elected president of the Immigration History Society.[1]

Selected publications

• (1951) Agricultural Discontent in the Middle West, 1900-1939
• (1964) The Greeks of the United States
• (1968) Populism: Reaction or Reform?
• (1982) The American Farmer and the New Deal[1]

References

External links

• Theodore Saloutos papers at the Immigration History Research Center Archives, University of Minnesota Libraries.

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