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Irwin Unger

アーヴィン アンガー

Āvin Angā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-05-02 （New York City）
Died
2021-05-21 age 94
Nationality
United States
Languages
English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
New York City

Career

Occupations
Historian, Academic
Active Years
1958-2021
Affiliations
New York University

Education

Columbia University
History
Degree: PhD
Year of Graduation: 1958
Country: United States

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for History
1965
Work: The Greenback Era
Organization: Columbia University
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Greenback Era

1964 Economic History

A history of post-Civil War monetary policy

GreenbacksMonetary Policy

Bibliography

  • George Marshall (with Debi Unger and Stanley Hirshson, 2014)
  • The Guggenheims: A Family History (with Debi Unger, 2005)
  • LBJ: A Life (with Debi Unger, 1999)
  • The Times Were a Changin': The Sixties Reader (with Debi Unger, 1998)
  • The Best of Intentions: The Great Society Programs of Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon (1996)
  • Turning Point, 1968 (with Debi Unger, 1988)
  • These United States: The Questions of Our Past (1978)
  • The Vulnerable Years: The United States, 1896-1917 (1977)
  • The Movement: The New Left 1959-1973 (1973)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
AcademicDetailed Archival Analysis
Recurring Motifs
1960sGilded AgeEconomic History

Legacy

American historian specializing in economic history, the 1960s, and the Gilded Age; Pulitzer Prize winner and Professor Emeritus at New York University.

Trivia

  • Collaborated on several books with wife Debi Unger
  • Co-authored George Marshall biography with Stanley Hirshson of Queens College