Cherny, Robert W(allace)

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CHERNY, Robert W(allace)

CHERNY, Robert W(allace). American, b. 1943. Genres: History, Biography. Career: San Francisco State University, CA, instructor, 1971-72, assistant professor, 1972-77, associate professor, 1977-81, professor of American history, 1981-, acting dean of School of Behavioral and Social Sciences, 1984-85, chair of history department, 1987-92; University of Nebraska, Lincoln, visiting associate professor, 1980, visiting professor, 1982; Moscow State University, Distinguished Fulbright Lecturer, 1996; University of Melbourne, visiting research scholar, 1997. Publications: Populism, Progressivism, and the Transformation of Nebraska Politics, 1885-1915, 1981; (with W. Issel) San Francisco: Presidio, Port, and Pacific Metropolis, 1981; A Righteous Cause: The Life of William Jennings Bryan, 1985; (with W. Issel) San Francisco, 1865-1932: Power, Politics, and Urban Development, 1986; (with C. Berkin, A. Brinkley, et al.) American Voices: A History of the United States, 1992; (with C. Berkin, C. Miller, J. Gormley) Making America: A History of the United States, 1995, 3rd ed., 2003; American Politics in the Gilded Age: 1868-1900, 1997; (ed. with W. Issel and K. Taylor) American Labor and the Cold War, 2004. Address: Department of History, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132-4155, U.S.A. Online address: cherny@sfsu.edu

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