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David O. Stowell is a historian who specializes in the social, urban and labor history of 19th century America and collective violence in 19th and 20th century America. Dr. Stowell earned his Ph.D. in U.S. history from the State University of New York, University at Buffalo. From 1994 to 2006 he was an assistant, then, associate professor of U.S. history with tenure, at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire. Dr. Stowell's publications include two books: Streets, Railroads and the Great Strike of 1877 (University of Chicago Press, 1999) and as editor, The Great Strikes of 1877 (University of Illinois Press, 1998). Dr. Stowell subsequently worked in the organized labor movement for three and a half years as a union representative in upstate New York. His current project involves a case study of the lynching of Willie Earle in Greenville, South Carolina in 1947. David currently lives in Batavia, New York, with his wife Deborah.