John Dizikes

John Dizikes

John Dizikes Ph.D. (born 1932) is a Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who served as Cowell College provost and who is a recipient of the UCSC Alumni Association's Distinguished Teaching Award.

Dizikes is the author of a number of articles and books and won the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award. He has an interest in thoroughbred horse racing, and in 2000 wrote a biography of Hall of Fame jockey Tod Sloan.

Books

*"Yankee Doodle Dandy : The Life and Times of Tod Sloan" (2000)
*"Opera in America : A Cultural History" (1993)
*"Sportsmen and Gamesmen: From the Years that Shaped American Ideas About Winning and Losing and How to Play the Game" (1981)
*"Britain, Roosevelt, and the New Deal: British Opinion, 1932-1938" (Modern American History) (1978)


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