Irwin Unger

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Irwin Unger (May 2, 1927 – May 21, 2021) was an American historian and academic specializing in economic history, the history of the 1960s, and the history of the Gilded Age. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1958 and is currently Professor Emeritus of History at New York University.

Biography

Irwin Unger was born in New York City on May 2, 1927. He was married to author and journalist Debi Unger;[1] they collaborated on several books.[2]

Unger won the

George Marshall.[3]

Unger died on May 21, 2021, at the age of 94.[4]

Books

Among Unger's published books are:[5]

  • George Marshall, (with Debi Unger and Stanley Hirshson, 2014)
  • The Guggenheims: A Family History, (with Debi Unger, 2005)
  • LBJ : A Life, (with Debi Unger, 1999)
  • The Times Were a Changin': The Sixties Reader (with Debi Unger, 1998)
  • The Best of Intentions: The Great Society Programs of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon (1996)
  • Turning Point, 1968, (with Debi Unger, 1988)
  • These United States: The Questions of Our Past (1978)
  • The Vulnerable Years: The United States, 1896-1917 (1977)
  • The Movement: The American New Left 1959-1973 (1973)
  • The Greenback Era (1964)

In addition, Unger has written a number of textbooks on modern American history.

References

  1. ^ "Debi Unger". Penguin Random House. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  2. ^ "Irwin Unger". Cisco Press. Pearson Education. Retrieved May 3, 2018.
  3. ^ "review: 'George Marshall,' by Debi and Irwin Unger with Stanley Hirshson". The New York Times. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Irwin Unger (1927–2021)". American Historical Association. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Department of History". history.fas.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.

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