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Greg Grandin

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Greg Grandin

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
Historian, Author, Academic
Active Years
1992-
Affiliations
Yale University, New York University (former)
Memberships
American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Education

Brooklyn College
Degree: BA
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: United States
Yale University
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1999
Country: United States

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction
2020
Work: The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
Category: 一般ノンフィクション
Organization: The Pulitzer Prizes
Result: 受賞
Bryce Wood Award (Latin American Studies Association)
Work: The Blood of Guatemala: A History of Race and Nation
Organization: Latin American Studies Association
Result: 受賞
Pulitzer Prize for History
2010
Work: Fordlândia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Category: 歴史
Organization: The Pulitzer Prizes
Result: 最終候補
National Book Award
2010
Work: Fordlândia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: 最終候補
National Book Critics Circle Award
2010
Work: Fordlândia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Organization: National Book Critics Circle
Result: 最終候補
Cundill History Prize
2025
Work: America, América: A New History of the New World
Organization: Cundill Prize
Result: ショートリスト

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Blood of Guatemala: A History of Race and Nation

2000 History

A historical study of race and nation in Guatemala, analyzing civil conflict, social structures, and ethnic relations.

Guatemala historyRace and ethnicityNation formation

The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War

2004 History

Examines violence and political mobilization in Latin America during the Cold War, discussing popular politics and repression.

Cold WarPolitical violencePopular politics

Fordlândia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City

2010 Historical nonfiction

Through the story of Fordlândia, Henry Ford's planned city in Brazil, it explores imperialism and corporate behavior.

Corporation and imperialismBrazil historyEnvironment and labor

The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World

2014 History

Investigates the factual background of Melville's novella Benito Cereno to examine slavery, freedom, and deception in the New World.

SlaveryEarly New World historyLiterature and historical fact

The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America

2019 Historical critique

Discusses the end of the frontier myth and its influence on American national identity and border policy.

American exceptionalismBorders and immigrationHistorical memory

Who Is Rigoberta Menchú?

2011 Critique

Examines the treatment and controversies surrounding Rigoberta Menchú, Guatemala's Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

Human rightsMemory and testimonyLatin American politics

Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman

2015 Political history

Discusses Henry Kissinger's political influence and its long-term consequences.

US foreign policyInfluence of power

America, América: A New History of the New World

2025 Global history

Reconstructs the history of the New World, reexamining the concept of 'America' from a broad perspective including Latin America and North America.

New World historyComparative historyHumanist perspectives

Bibliography

  • The Blood of Guatemala: A History of Race and Nation
  • The Last Colonial Massacre: Latin America in the Cold War
  • Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism
  • Fordlândia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
  • Who Is Rigoberta Menchú?
  • The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World
  • Kissinger's Shadow: The Long Reach of America's Most Controversial Statesman
  • The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America
  • America, América: A New History of the New World

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly yet accessible narrativeFact-based critical analysis
Recurring Motifs
Imperialism and interventionCritique of American exceptionalismLatin American political history

Legacy

Grandin is regarded as a key interpreter of Latin American and U.S. foreign policy history, influencing both academia and general readership. He has been shortlisted for and won major awards and is a prominent voice in contemporary historical scholarship.

Academic Societies

  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences

In Popular Culture

  • Appearances on TV and radio programs (Charlie Rose, Democracy Now!, NPR, etc.)

Quotes

  • It is about more than the dark history of Guatemala and the Cold War in Latin America. It is about how common people discover politics. It is about the roots of democracy and those of genocide. I could not put this book down.
    Source: Eric Hobsbawm on The Last Colonial Massacre (review/praise) (2004)

Trivia

  • Won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for The End of the Myth (book published 2019).
  • Fordlândia was named among best books of the year by several outlets and was shortlisted for multiple awards.