Brinkley, Alan

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BRINKLEY, Alan

BRINKLEY, Alan. American, b. 1949. Genres: History. Career: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, assistant professor of history, 1978-82; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History, 1982-88; City University of New York Graduate School, NYC, professor of history, 1988-91; Columbia University, NYC, professor of history, 1991-98, Allan Nevins Professor of History, 1998-, provost, 2003-; Oxford University, Harmsworth Professor of American History, 1998-99. Publications: Voices of Protest: Huey Long, Father Coughlin, and the Great Depression, 1982; American History: A Survey, 1994; The Unfinished Nation: A Concise History of the United States, 1993; The End of Reform: New Deal Liberalism in Recession and War, 1995; Liberalism and Its Discontents, 1998. Address: Office of the Provost, Columbia University, 205 Low Library, New York, NY 10027, U.S.A.

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