Alfonso W. Quiroz, professor of Latin American and Caribbean history, died on January 2, 2013. A member of the history program at Baruch College since 1986 and a member of the doctoral faculty... Read more
Freedom National: The Destruction of Slavery in the United States, 1861–1865
(W. W. Norton, 2012)
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“Maryland and Pennsylvania farmers visiting the battle-field of Antietam,” 1862 wood engraving based on a sketch by artist-reporter Frank H. Schell published in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
Joshua Brown, director of the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning and a member of the doctoral faculty in history and interactive technology and pedagogy, has won a National... Read more
Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist
(Wesleyan University Press, 2012)
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The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
(Penguin Press HC, 2012)
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William Seraile (History, 1977), professor emeritus in African and African American Studies at Lehman College, was honored with a Distinguished Alumni Award from Central Washington University (CWU)... Read more
Herman L. Bennett, who has served on the GC faculty as professor of history since September 1, 2009, is to be honored with the 2012 Equity Award from the Committee on Minority Historians of the... Read more
Barbara Ann Naddeo (Assoc. Prof., City, History) is the winner of the 2011 Jacques Barzun Prize in Cultural History for Vico and Naples: The Urban Origins of Modern Social Theory, published by... Read more
Vico and Naples: The Urban Origins of Modern Social Theory
(Cornell University Press, 2011)
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American Empire: The Rise of a Global Power, the Democratic Revolution at Home 1945–2000
(Viking, 2012)
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