William F. Deverell

William F. Deverell is a historian specializing on the 19th and 20th century American West and environmental history.

His numerous books on the history of California and the American West include:

• Shaped by the West: A History of North America (University of California Press, 2018, Volumes 1 and 2) co-authored with Anne F. Hyde of the University of Oklahoma that examines the history of the United States through a western lens;

• Water and Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Rivers, 1900-1941 (University of California Press, 2016) co-authored...

Ph.D., History, Princeton University
M.A., History, Princeton University
A.B., American Studies, Stanford University