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Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr. (/ ˈ ʃ l ɛ s ɪ n dʒ ər / SHLESS-in-jər; born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 – February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual.
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Apr 5, 2024 · Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian, educator, and public official whose best-known books explore the presidencies of Andrew Jackson, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy. He served in the latter’s administration. Learn more about Schlesinger’s life and career.
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May 1, 2007 · Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., one of the most renowned and influential historians and intellectuals of the 20th century, died February 28, 2007, after a heart attack suffered in a Manhattan restaurant where he was dining with members of his family. He was born October 15, 1917, in Columbus, Ohio.
Throughout his career as a historian, Schlesinger has been committed to the idea that Americans need to understand their history in order to ensure the continued success of the American experiment. “History is to the nation much as memory is to the individual,” Schlesinger says.
Mar 1, 2007 · Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., the historian whose more than 20 books shaped discussions for two generations about America’s past and who himself was a provocative, unabashedly liberal partisan, most...
Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (born 1917) was an outstanding historian of the United States and an influential activist in the Democratic Party. What was unique was the extent to which he brought his scholarship to bear upon his partisan politics.
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Dec 12, 2018 · Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., 89, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who wrote about the evolution of the American democratic tradition, served in the Kennedy White House as a “court philosopher”...
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