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
Dale Steiner
Research
Dr. Steiner co-directs the North State History-Social Science Project with Jennifer Metherd. He also oversees two Teaching American History grants funded by the U. S. Department of Education: “No Paine, No Gain: A Common Sense Approach to Teaching American History” (with the Chico Unified School District) and “E Pluribus Unum" (with the Glenn County Office of Education). In addition, Professor Steiner is the executive director of the California Council for History Education.
Publications
Professor Steiner is the author of Of Thee We Sing: Immigrants and American History (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987). He has contributed articles to scholarly anthologies, as well as publishing numerous encyclopedia entries. His book reviews have appeared in the Journal of Ethnic American History, the History Teacher, and Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.