Kessner, Thomas

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KESSNER, Thomas

KESSNER, Thomas. American (born Germany), b. 1946. Genres: Novellas/Short stories, Cultural/Ethnic topics, History, Biography. Career: Professor of History, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NYC (began as Instructor in 1971). Visiting Associate Professor, Brooklyn College, NY, 1980-81; Director, The Fiorello H. La Guardia Archives, La Guardia Community College, City University of New York, 1982-83. National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow, 1983-84; Rockefeller Foundation Research Fellow, 1985. Publications: The Golden Door: Italian and Jewish Immigrant Mobility in New York City, 1880-1915, 1977; (co-author) Ethnic Heritage: A Teacher's Manual, 1979; (co-ed.) Issues in Teaching the Holocaust: A Guide, 1981; (with B. Caroli) Today's Immigrants, Their Stories: A New Look at the Newest Americans, 1981; Fiorello H. La Guardia and the Making of Modern New York, 1989; (assoc. ed. and contrib.) The Encyclopedia of the City of New York, 1991; Capital City: New York City and the Men behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900, 2003. Address: PhD Program in History, CUNY Graduate Center, 565 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016, U.S.A. Online address: TKessner@gc.cuny.edu

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