Journals: 1952-2000
The Gilder Lehrman Historians' Forum, “Arthur Schlesinger: A Life in History,” took place at the New York Historical Society.
Eric Foner, formerly the president of the Organization of American Historians, is the author of Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics. David Nasaw, the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the author of Andrew Carnegie, published by Penguin Press. Louise Mirrer is the author of Women, Jews and Muslims in the Texts of Reconquest Castile, published by the University of Michigan Press.
A panel of former friends and colleagues of the historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., remembered the public historian as teacher, mentor, and f… read more
A panel of former friends and colleagues of the historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., remembered the public historian as teacher, mentor, and friend. They discussed his book Journals: 1952-2000, published that day by Penguin Press, and read excerpts from the book. Professor Basker moderated. Andrew Schlesinger made closing remarks.
The Gilder Lehrman Historians' Forum, “Arthur Schlesinger: A Life in History,” took place at the New York Historical Society.
Eric Foner, formerly the president of the Organization of American Historians, is the author of Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, published by Harper Perennial Modern Classics. David Nasaw, the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Professor of History at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the author of Andrew Carnegie, published by Penguin Press. Louise Mirrer is the author of Women, Jews and Muslims in the Texts of Reconquest Castile, published by the University of Michigan Press. close
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