Michael Kazin

Michael Kazin is a professor of history at Georgetown University. He is co-editor of Dissent magazine.^[1] See his website: http://michaelkazin.com

Early life

Kazin was born in New York City in 1948 and grew up in Englewood, New Jersey. He is the son of literary critic Alfred Kazin. He received a B.A. in Social Studies from Harvard University, an M.A. in History from Portland State University, and a Ph.D. in History from Stanford University.

Career

His research interests are American social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries, and he has authored books on labor history (Barons of Labor: The San Francisco Building Trades and Union Power in the Progressive Era); populism (The Populist Persuasion: An American History), and William Jennings Bryan, (A Godly Hero: The Life of William Jennings Bryan).^[2] His latest book, American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation, was published by Knopf on August 23, 2011.

Notes

1. ^ explore.georgetown.edu/people/mk8/
2. ^ explore.georgetown.edu/people/mk8/

A generation divided: the new left, the new right, and the 1960s By Rebecca E. Klatch explore.georgetown.edu/people/mk8/ http://books.google.com/books?id=bneABONGhnQC&dq=populist+persuasion&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=xasrTISQK4P68AakgLHOCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=cuba&f=false

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