Sean Wilentz
Robert Sean Wilentz (born February 20, 1951 in New York ) is an American historian. He teaches American history at Princeton University . In the public discourse, he is one of the most present historians through his numerous articles in magazines such as Newsweek , The New Republic and Rolling Stone and also frequently takes a position on current politics.
Life
Wilentz studied at Columbia University ( Bachelor 1972), Oxford University (Bachelor 1974) and Yale University ( Ph.D. 1980). In 1984 his first book, Chants Democratic , was published, which deals with the rise of the working class in New York in the first half of the 19th century and its role in the social and political movements of the time. The work won the Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association . In numerous other publications, Wilentz has tried to show how mass movements have contributed to the democratization of American society. He gave an overview of this topic in 2005 in his more than 1000-page work The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln , which won the Bancroft Prize . Wilentz stands in the tradition of the liberal "consensus" historians like Arthur M. Schlesinger and follows them in their focus on the egalitarian political movements during the presidencies of Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809) and Andrew Jackson (1829-1837).
In his numerous newspaper and blog articles, Wilentz has often taken a stand on current politics and mostly defended positions of the Democratic Party . An article that Rolling Stone printed as a cover story in April 2006 attracted particular attention . Wilentz, identified as "one of the leading historians in the country", he examined whether the then US President George W. Bush was the worst president in American history.
Wilentz is close to former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton . So he testified in 1998 in the House Judiciary Committee at the hearings for the impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton in his favor. In 2008, he intervened as Hillary Clinton's advocate in the intra-party struggle for the presidential candidacy and took a stand against the campaign of their rival Barack Obama, including in articles in Newsweek and the Huffington Post .
Wilentz is also known for his music journalistic work on Bob Dylan , for which he was nominated for one of the Grammy Music Awards in 2003 .
Works
Books
- Chants Democratic: New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850. Oxford University Press, New York 1984. ISBN 0195033426
- With Michael Merrill: The Key of Liberty: The Life and Democratic Writings of William Manning, "A Laborer," 1747–1814. Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1993. ISBN 0674502884
- With Paul E. Johnson: The Kingdom of Matthias. Oxford University Press, New York 1994. ISBN 0195038274
- Andrew Jackson. Henry Holt, New York 2005. ISBN 0805069259
- The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln. Norton, New York 2005. ISBN 0393058204
- The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974-2008. HarperCollins, New York 2008. ISBN 0805069259
- Bob Dylan in America . Doubleday, New York 2010. ISBN 0385529880
- 360 Sound - The Columbia Records Story , San Francisco, California 2012, ISBN 9781452107561
Individual evidence
- ^ The Worst President in History? Rolling Stone, April 2006.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wilentz, Sean |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wilentz, Robert Sean (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |