찰스 A. 비어드

소개

찰스 오스틴 비어드(Charles Austin Beard, 1874년 11월 27일 ~ 1948년 9월 1일)는 20세기 상반기 중에 주로 글을 썼던 미국의 역사가이다.

Charles Austin Beard was an American historian and professor, who wrote primarily during the first half of the 20th century. A history professor at Columbia University, Beard's influence is primarily due to his publications in the fields of history and political science. His works included a radical re-evaluation of the Founding Fathers of the United States, whom he believed to be more motivated by economics than by philosophical principles. Beard's most influential book, An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States (1913), has been the subject of great controversy ever since its publication. While it has been frequently criticized for its methodology and conclusions, it was responsible for a wide-ranging reinterpretation of early American history.