Teaford became interested in history at a young age, stemming from his fascination with president
Theodore Roosevelt.[2]
He received his
PhD from the
University of Wisconsin in 1973; his dissertation, The Municipal Revolution in America: Origins of Modern Urban Government, 1650–1825, was also published as a book in 1975.[3]
Many of his books received critical acclaim. He retired in 2003.[2]
In 2011–2012 he served as president of the Urban History Association.[4]
Books
Teaford, Jon (1975) The Municipal Revolution in America: Origins of Modern Urban Government, 1650–1825. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.[3]
Teaford, Jon (1979) City and Suburb: The Political Fragmentation of Metropolitan America, 1850–1970. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.[5]
Teaford, Jon (1984) The Unheralded Triumph: City Government in America, 1870–1900. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.[6]
Teaford, Jon (1986) The Twentieth-Century American City: Problem, Promise, and Reality. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. 3rd ed., 2016.[7]
Teaford, Jon (1993) Cities of the Heartland: The Rise and Fall of the Industrial Midwest. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.[8]
Teaford, Jon (1996) Post-Suburbia: Government and Politics in the Edge Cities Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. (2nd ed., 2019)
Teaford, Jon (2006) The Metropolitan Revolution: The Rise of Post-Urban America. New York: Columbia University Press.[9]
Teaford, Jon (2008) The American Suburb: The Basics. New York: Routledge.[10]
Warden, G. B. (April 1976), The American Journal of Legal History, 20 (2): 171–172,
doi:
10.2307/844734,
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Davies, Richard O. (December 1976), The American Historical Review, 81 (5): 1218–1219,
doi:
10.2307/1853118,
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Larsen, Lawrence H. (Winter 1976–1977), The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 60 (2): 164–165,
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Holli, Melvin G. (January 1977), New York History, 58 (1): 87–88,
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Wade, Richard C. (January 1977), The William and Mary Quarterly, 34 (1): 162–165,
doi:
10.2307/1922646,
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Armstrong, Thomas F. (Summer 1977), The Virginia Quarterly Review, 53 (3): 560–567,
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Cooke, Jacob E. (July 1977), Pennsylvania History: A Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies, 44 (3): 282–283,
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Schiesl, Martin J. (June 1980), The Journal of American History, 67 (1): 186–187,
doi:
10.2307/1900519,
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Platt, Harold L. (April 1981), The American Journal of Legal History, 25 (2): 179–181,
doi:
10.2307/844641,
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Bernard, Richard M. (Spring 1987), The Wisconsin Magazine of History, 70 (3): 220–221,
JSTOR4636062{{
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Spann, Edward K. (June 1987), Indiana Magazine of History, 83 (2): 204–205,
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Mohl, Raymond A. (July 1987), The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 111 (3): 411–413,
JSTOR20092138{{
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Einhorn, Robin L. (September 1994), The Journal of American History, 81 (2): 677–678,
doi:
10.2307/2081241,
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Barrows, Robert G. (September 1994), Indiana Magazine of History, 90 (3): 306–307,
JSTOR27791772{{
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White, Dana (Fall 1994), American Studies, 35 (2): 165–166,
JSTOR40642720{{
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