Walter Licht


Walter Licht is an American historian specializing in labor history, economic history, and the history of American capitalism. He is currently Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania.

Life and career

Licht earned his B.A. at Harvard University and an M.A. in Sociology at the University of Chicago before moving to Princeton University where he completed an M.A. and Ph.D in History.
He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania since 1977, and is also the faculty director of the Civic House and the Penn Civic Scholars Program.

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