Bradford Wood, Ph.D.

Professor

Education

  • Ph.D. History, The Johns Hopkins University
  • M.A. History, The Johns Hopkins University
  • M.A. United States History, Michigan State University
  • B.A. History and English, Wake Forest University

Research & Academic Interests

  • Colonial British America
  • The American Revolution

Publications

  • Creating and Contesting Carolina, co-edited with Michelle LeMaster. (University of South Carolina Press, 2013).
  • “This Remote Part of the World”: Regional Formation in Lower Cape Fear, North Carolina, 1725-1775 (University of South Carolina Press, 2004).
  • The Large and Small Worlds of Proprietary North Carolina (work in progress).
  • James Murray in North Carolina: A Documentary Edition (work in progress).
  • “A Tale of Two Carolinas: The Emergence of North and South Carolina” (under consideration).
  • “A Place Apart: James Murray’s Ulterior Atlantic World” Atlantic Studies: Global Currents, February 2020, 1-31.

Awards & Accolades

  • Clarendon Award for This Remote Part of the World (awarded by the Lower Cape Fear Historical Society for an outstanding contribution to the study of the region’s history), 2005
  • Marc Friedlander Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2004
  • Hines Prize for This Remote Part of the World (awarded for the best book on a topic related to the Carolina Lowcountry and the Atlantic World), 2004