Henry Steele Commager: Midcentury Liberalism and the History of the Present

by Neil Jumonville

Book Overview

Historian Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) was one of the leading American intellectuals of the mid-twentieth century. Author or editor of more than forty books, he taught for decades at New York University, Columbia University, and Amherst College and was a pioneer in the field of American studies. But Commager's work was by no means confined to the halls of the university: a popular essayist, lecturer, and political commentator, he earned a reputation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469611015
• ISBN13: 9781469611013
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"