Barbara J. Fields

Barbara J. Fields
Fields in 2013
Born	Barbara Jeanne Fields 1947 (age 76–77)
Awards	John H. Dunning Prize (1986) Lincoln Prize (1994)
Academic background
Alma mater	Harvard University (BA) Yale University (PhD)
Academic work
Institutions	Columbia University Northwestern University University of Michigan University of Mississippi

Barbara Jeanne Fields (born 1947) is an American historian. She is a professor of American history at Columbia University.^[1] Her focus is on the history of the American South, 19th century social history, and the transition to capitalism in the United States.