Theodore Saloutos

Theodore Saloutos (August 3, 1910 – November 15, 1980) was an American historian. His areas of research included agrarian politics and reform movements, immigration studies, and Greek immigration to the United States

Early life Saloutos was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on August 3, 1910. His parents were immigrants from Greece.

Saloutos was awarded a BA in 1933 from Milwaukee State Teacher’s College. He took a Ph.D. in history from the University of Wisconsin.

Career Early in his career Saloutos taught at Oberlin College.

In 1945 he gained a post as lecturer in the Department of History at the University of California, Los Angeles, becoming a full professor in 1955. He stayed there until his retirement.

Between 1965 and 1966 he was president of the Agriculture History Society. In 1973 he was elected president of the Immigration History Society.

Selected publications

(1951) Twentieth Century Populism: Agricultural Discontent in the Middle West, 1900-1939 with John D. Hicks. See online copy (1964) Farmer movements in the South, 1865-1933 online (1964) The Greeks of the United States (1968) Populism: Reaction or Reform? (1982) The American Farmer and the New Deal