Historical Reference Material

Orlando Patterson (born 1940) is a historical and cultural sociologist at Harvard University known for his work regarding issues of race in America, as well as the sociology of development. Patterson provides an extensive historical perspective on slavery in the following works:

• Patterson, Orlando (1985). Slavery and Social Death.
• Patterson, Orlando (1991). Freedom in the Making of Western Culture. (Later renamed Freedom, Vol. 1: Freedom in the Making of Western Culture)
• Patterson, Orlando (1999). Rituals of Blood: Consequences of Slavery in Two American Centuries.
• Patterson, Orlando (2006). Freedom: Freedom in the Modern World.

Professional Associations:

• Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Ernest W. Burgess Fellow, American Academy of Political and Social Science
• Member, American Sociological Association

Awards:

• Walter Channing Cabot Faculty Prize, Harvard, 1997
• National Book Award, Non-Fiction, 1991
• Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship (formerly Sorokin Prize): American Sociological Association, 1983
• Ralph Bunche Award from Howard University for the Best Scholarly Work on Pluralism (co-winner): American
• Political Science Association, 1983
• Walter Channing Cabot Faculty Prize, Harvard, 1983/1997
• Best Novel in English: Dakar Festival of Negro Arts, 1965