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David George Nasaw

デイヴィッド・ジョージ・ナソー

David George Nasaw

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1945-07-18 （Cortland, New York, U.S.）
国籍
United States
言語
English
宗教
Judaism
居住地歴
Roslyn, New York → New York City

経歴

職業
historian, author, professor
活動期間
1970年〜
所属
CUNY Graduate Center, Leon Levy Center for Biography (advisory board chair), Radical History Review (co-founder)
影響を受けた人物
Jean-Paul Sartre (subject of dissertation)

学歴

Bucknell University
学位: B.A.
期間: 1963–1967
卒業年: 1967
国: United States
Columbia University
学位: Ph.D.
期間: 1967–1972
卒業年: 1972
国: United States
Dissertation: "Jean-Paul Sartre: Apprenticeship in History (1925–45)"

受賞歴

Bancroft Prize
2001
対象作品: The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
部門: 伝記／アメリカ史
主催: Columbia University (administered)
結果: 受賞
J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
2001
対象作品: The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
部門: 伝記／ノンフィクション
主催: Nieman Foundation (Harvard)
結果: 受賞
Ambassador Book Award
2001
対象作品: The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
部門: 伝記
主催: Ambassador Book Award (sponsoring organizations)
結果: 受賞
Ann M. Sperber Biography Award for Journalism
2001
対象作品: The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst
部門: 伝記（ジャーナリズム関連）
主催: Ann M. Sperber Award committee
結果: 受賞
American History Book Prize (New-York Historical Society)
2006
対象作品: Andrew Carnegie
部門: 伝記／アメリカ史
主催: New-York Historical Society
結果: 受賞
American History Book Prize
2006
対象作品: Andrew Carnegie
部門: 歴史
主催: American History Book Prize
結果: 受賞
Pulitzer Prize (Finalist)
2007
対象作品: Andrew Carnegie
部門: 伝記
主催: Pulitzer Prize Board
結果: 最終候補
Pulitzer Prize (Finalist)
2013
対象作品: The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy
部門: 伝記
主催: Pulitzer Prize Board
結果: 最終候補

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Starting Your Own High School (editor)

1972年 education history / practical guide

Edited volume documenting the Elizabeth Cleaners Street School, containing accounts and guidance on alternative education practice.

alternative educationpractical education history

Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in United States

1979年 history of education

A social history of American public schooling that uncovers episodes such as the newsboys' movements and other aspects of childhood labor and education.

educational institutionschild laborurban history
映像化・舞台化
  • [film (inspiration)] Newsies / Kenny Ortega (1992)

Children of the City: At Work and at Play

1985年 social history

A historical study examining the work and play of children in urban environments.

children's historysocial change

Going Out: The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements

1993年 cultural history

Examines the history of popular amusements such as movies and dance, exploring the relationship between public space and commercial culture.

popular culturehistory of amusementspublic space

The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst

2000年 biography / press history

Comprehensive biography of newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, examining power, the press, and personal ambition.

media historypower and capitalbiography

Andrew Carnegie

2006年 biography / business history

A biography of Andrew Carnegie that discusses his life and the intersections of capitalism, philanthropy, and politics.

capitalismphilanthropybiography

The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy

2012年 biography / political history

A major biography of Joseph P. Kennedy that portrays the intersections of American politics, family, and economics.

political historyfamily historybiography

The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War

2020年 modern history / international history

Study of displaced persons in postwar Europe and the international political responses from World War II through the early Cold War.

refugee historyinternational politicspostwar reconstruction

The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II

2025年 social history / postwar history

Analysis of returning World War II veterans' postwar lives and societal impacts (published 2025).

postwar societyveteransreintegration

全著作

  • Starting Your Own High School (ed.) (1972)
  • Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in United States (1979)
  • Children of the City: At Work and at Play (1985)
  • Going Out: The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements (1993)
  • The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst (2000)
  • Andrew Carnegie (2006)
  • The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy (2012)
  • The Last Million: Europe's Displaced Persons from World War to Cold War (2020)
  • The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II (2025)

翻案

  • The research in Schooled to Order helped inspire the film 'Newsies'.

作風・主題

文体
scholarly yet narrative historical writingevidence-based, detail-oriented prose
頻出モチーフ
popular amusements and the mediaintersection of entrepreneurship and philanthropycities and social change

評価・遺産

A leading historian of American cultural, social, and business history from the early twentieth century through the postwar era. His detailed biographies and media histories have influenced both academia and general readers; he is also noted for his critique of philanthropy and examinations of popular culture.

関連学会

  • American Historical Association

資料所蔵先

  • Leon Levy Center for Biography (collections / related materials)

大衆文化への影響

  • Research that influenced the film/musical 'Newsies'

引用

  • Writing history is not an art but a craft; it requires interpretation and fifty sources and integrating and assembling this material into a story told by an individual voice.
    出典: The New York Times (interview) (2002年)

豆知識

  • Married novelist/filmmaker Dinitia Smith in 1978.
  • Father of twin sons born in 1980 (Peter Caleb Nasaw and Daniel Allen Nasaw); Daniel is a journalist.
  • Brother Jonathan Lewis Nasaw is a thriller novelist.
  • His research helped inspire the Disney film 'Newsies'.