Horowitz, Daniel

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HOROWITZ, Daniel

HOROWITZ, Daniel. American, b. 1938. Genres: Urban studies, History. Career: Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA, instructor in history, 1966-67; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, instructor, 1967-69, lecturer in history, 1969-70; Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, assistant professor of history, 1970-72; Scripps College, Claremont, CA, assistant professor, 1972-78, associate professor, 1978-86, Nathaniel Wright Stephenson Professor of History and Biography, 1986-88; Smith College, Northampton, MA, professor of American studies and history, 1989-, and director of American Studies Program. Carleton College, visiting professor, 1980; University of Michigan, visiting associate professor, 1983-84. Publications: The Morality of Spending: Attitudes toward the Consumer Society in America, 1875-1940, 1985; Vance Packard and American Social Criticism, 1994; (ed. and author of intro) Suburban Life in the 1950s: Selections from Vance Packard's "Status Seekers," 1995; Betty Friedan and the Making of "The Feminine Mystique," 1998. Contributor of articles and reviews to history and social science journals. Address: American Studies Program, Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, U.S.A.

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