My own conclusion is that history is simply social development along the lines of weakest resistance, and that in most cases the line of weakest resistance is found as unconsciously by society as by water.”
History Department, CSU, Chico
Laird Easton
Research
Dr. Easton’s current research project is a translation from German to English of The Diaries of Count Harry Kessler, 1880-1918 for publisher Alfred A. Knopf. Future projects include a study of the Darmstadt artists' colony in Germany, 1899 to 1914.
Publications
Professor Easton is the author of the highly acclaimed The Red Count: The Life & Times of Harry Kessler ( University of California Press, 2002). Klett-Cotta Verlag published a translation in German of this biography in 2005. In addition to encyclopedia entries and an article in Central European History, he has published book reviews in German Studies Review, the American Historical Review, the Journal of Modern History, and Central European History.