John Dizikes
John Dizikes Ph.D. (born 1932) is a Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who served as Cowell College provost and who is a recipient of the UCSC Alumni Association's Distinguished Teaching Award.[1]
Dizikes is the author of numerous articles and four books, and won the 1993 National Book Critics Circle Award for "Opera in America: A Cultural History."[2] He also has an interest in thoroughbred horse racing, and in 2000 wrote a biography of Hall of Fame jockey Tod Sloan.[3]
Books
- Yankee Doodle Dandy : The Life and Times of Tod Sloan. New Haven: Yale University Press. 2000. ISBN 9780300083347. OCLC 44046818.
- Opera in America : A Cultural History. New Haven: Yale University Press. 1993. ISBN 9780300054965. OCLC 26974819.
- Sportsmen and Gamesmen: From the Years that Shaped American Ideas About Winning and Losing and How to Play the Game. Boston [Mass.]: Houghton Mifflin. 1981. ISBN 9780395277768. OCLC 6421815.
- Britain, Roosevelt, and the New Deal: British Opinion, 1932-1938. New York: Garland Pub. 1978. ISBN 9780824036317. OCLC 4834677.
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