Lawrence W. Levine
Lawrence William Levine (February 27, 1933 – October 23, 2006) was an American historian. He was born in Manhattan and died in Berkeley, California.
Life
He graduated from the City University of New York in 1955, and from Columbia University, with a master's degree and a doctorate in 1962. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley from 1962 to 1994, and at George Mason University from 1994 to 2005. He was president of the Organization of American Historians in 1992-93.[1]
He participated in civil rights sit-ins at Berkeley and in the South, and the Free Speech Movement.[2]
He married Cornelia Roettcher Levine in 1964, with whom he wrote "The People and the President: America's Conversation with FDR"; they had two sons, Joshua Levine and Isaac Levine, and a stepson, Alexander Pimentel.[3]
An award in his name is given by the Organization of American Historians.[4]
Awards
Works
- Levine, Lawrence W. (1965). Defender of the faith: William Jennings Bryan, the last decade, 1915-1925. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780674195424. http://books.google.com/books?id=tt67UmTL8MwC&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:Lawrence+inauthor:W+inauthor:Levine&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=7#v=onepage&q=&f=false. (reprint Harvard University Press, 1987, ISBN 9780674195424)
- Levine, Lawrence W. (1978). Black Culture and Black Consciousness. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195023749. http://books.google.com/books?id=LegluCpGqaAC&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:Lawrence+inauthor:W+inauthor:Levine&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=4#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Levine, Lawrence W. (1990). Highbrow/Lowbrow. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674390775. http://books.google.com/books?id=OdjaJiyDKH8C&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:Lawrence+inauthor:W+inauthor:Levine&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=6#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Levine, Lawrence W. (1993). The Unpredictable Past. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195082975. http://books.google.com/books?id=9ixcMDktv-0C&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:Lawrence+inauthor:W+inauthor:Levine&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=2#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Levine, Lawrence W. (1997). The Opening of the American Mind. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807031193. http://books.google.com/books?id=X3zpP3adixsC&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:Lawrence+inauthor:W+inauthor:Levine&lr=&as_drrb_is=q&as_minm_is=0&as_miny_is=&as_maxm_is=0&as_maxy_is=&as_brr=0&cd=5#v=onepage&q=&f=false.
- Lawrence W. Levine, Cornelia R. Levine (2002). The people and the president: America's conversation with FDR. Beacon Press. ISBN 9780807055106.
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February 27, 1933 |
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October 23, 2006 |
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