 | Alan Brinkley: A Life in History Subjects: Brinkley Alan; Historians -- United States -- Biography; College teachers -- United States -- Biography; Harvard University -- Faculty -- Biography; Columbia University -- Faculty -- Biography; This book brings together essays on Alan Brinkley's major works and ideas as well as personal reminiscences from leading historians and thinkers beyond the academy. They chronicle the life and thought of a working historian, the development of historical scholarship in our time, and the role that history plays in our public life. Greenberg David : David Greenberg is a professor of history and of journalism and media studies at Rutgers University. His books include Nixon's Shadow: The History of an Image (Norton, 2003); Calvin Coolidge (Times Books, 2006); and Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency (Norton, 2016).Temkin Moshik : Moshik Temkin is an associate professor of history and public policy at Harvard University. He is the author of The Sacco-Vanzetti Affair: America on Trial (Yale University Press, 2009).Williams Mason B. : Mason Williams is an assistant professor of history at Albright College. He is the author of City of Ambition: FDR, La Guardia, and the Making of Modern New York (Norton, 2013).David Greenberg, a historian of American politics, teaches at Rutgers University. His latest book is Republic of Spin: An Inside History of the American Presidency (2016). |
