Robert Buerglener
My research analyzes the meanings of technology, the built environment, and material culture in U.S. history. Recently I received a grant from the Hagley Museum and Library to explore further the visual and material culture of transportation in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. I’m currently completing a manuscript on the creation of car culture in the United States from its earliest days in the late nineteenth century through the World War I era. I’ve been a Visiting Scholar in the Department of History at Northwestern University, and I teach U.S. history in the School of Professional Studies at Northwestern University and for the Illinois Humanities Council.
