David Farber (historian)
American historian
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David Farber is an American historian. He is the Roy A. Roberts Distinguished Professor of History[1] at the University of Kansas.[2][3]
DisciplineHistory
David Farber | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, University of Chicago |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Institutions | Barnard College, University of Hawaii, University of New Mexico, Temple University, University of Kansas |
Life
He received a BA from the University of Michigan, and earned a Ph.D. in American history from the University of Chicago. He has also taught at Barnard College, the University of Hawaii, the University of New Mexico, and Temple University.[4] His research encompasses twentieth-century American history, especially the second half of the century.
Bibliography
- Farber, David and Bailey, Beth (1992). The First Strange Place: The Alchemy of Sex and Race in WWII Hawaii Johns Hopkins University Press
- Farber, David (August 17, 1994). Chicago '68. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226237992.
- Farber, David (April 1, 1994). The Age of Great Dreams: America in the 1960s. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9781429931267.
- Farber, David (2002). Sloan Rules: Alfred P. Sloan and the Triumph of General Motors University of Chicago Press
- Farber, David (January 10, 2009). Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400826209.
- Farber, David (December 1, 2012). The Sixties: From Memory to History. UNC Press Books. ISBN 9781469608730.
- Farber, David (August 26, 2012). The Rise and Fall of Modern American Conservatism: A Short History. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1400834297.
- Farber, David (2013-05-03). Everybody Ought to Be Rich: The Life and Times of John J. Raskob, Capitalist. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199911622
- Farber, David (2019-10-10). Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108425278
