Stanley Schwartz, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History Cedarville University
Historian specializing in U.S. history, Civil War memory, military history and Gilded Age politics.
Media
Social
Biography
His research focuses on Civil War veterans, Civil War memory, Gilded Age politics, the United States armed forces and American national security. His scholarship examines how military service shaped postwar political identities, policymaking and public memory.
Schwartz's published research includes an analysis of the Indianapolis Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument and the competing interpretations of Civil War memory reflected in its design and construction. He is also developing book-length research on Civil War junior officers and their postwar political careers.
Before joining Cedarville's faculty, Schwartz earned bachelor's degrees in history and political economy from Cedarville, conducted research in Australia as a Fulbright postgraduate scholar and completed doctoral study in history at Temple University.
Areas of Expertise
Education
Temple University
Ph.D.
History
2024
Cedarville University
B.A.
History and Political Economy
2018
Media Appearances
Military Recruitment Shortfalls Are Ultimately a Spiritual Problem
Providence online
2024-07-17
Commentary by Stanley Schwartz on U.S. military recruitment, national security, patriotism, and lessons from Civil War veterans and Gilded Age military culture.
Research Focus
Civil War Veterans and Postwar Politics
Military service, political identity and policymaking
Research examines how Civil War service influenced Union and Confederate junior officers, their postwar political careers and their participation in policymaking during the Gilded Age.
Civil War Memory
Monuments, symbolism and public interpretation
Scholarship analyzes how communities, veterans and political actors negotiated the meaning of Civil War monuments and rituals, including the Indianapolis Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument.
U.S. National Security History
Military institutions, defense and diplomacy
Research interests include the history of the United States armed forces, national security policymaking, defense and diplomacy in historical context.
Articles
Public Principles and Economic Legacy
ChannelsStanley Schwartz
2018-01-01
Examines the economic debate over public debt since the publication of Public Principles of Public Debt, focusing on how the Nobel Prize-winning economist’s challenge to Keynesian orthodoxy shaped subsequent thinking about public debt theory.
The Private Offering Exemption--Recent Developments
The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University)Stanley Schwartz
1976-01-01
Reviews recent developments concerning the private offering exemption in securities law.
Rule 146: The Private Offering Exemption--Historical Perspective and Analysis
The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University)Stanley Schwartz
1974-01-01
Provides a historical perspective and legal analysis of Rule 146, the private offering exemption under federal securities law, and its connection to the Securities Act of 1933.
