Bancroft Prize
2 appearances
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Edition 44 (1991) Winner
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Edition 73 (2020) Winner
Lizabeth Cohen
リズベス・コーエン
Rizubesu Kōen
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Paramus, New Jersey, United States
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Paramus, New Jersey → Bergen County, New Jersey → Westchester County, New York → Cambridge, Massachusetts (resident/Harvard University)
Career
- Occupations
- historian, university professor, author, academic
- Active Years
- 1986-
- Affiliations
- Harvard University, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Rothermere American Institute (Honorary Fellow), American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Member), Urban History Association (former President)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Influenced By
- Jane Jacobs (referenced/influential in urban studies), Robert Moses (referenced/influential in urban studies)
- Influenced
- Subsequent scholars in urban history and consumer culture
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | — | — | A.B. | 1970-1974 | United States |
| University of California, Berkeley | Graduate School | Department of History | Ph.D. | 1976-1986 | United States |
Princeton University
Degree:
A.B.
Period:
1970-1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Received A.B. degree
University of California, Berkeley
Graduate School
/ Department of History
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1976-1986
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
United States
Received M.A. and Ph.D.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Bancroft Prize | Making a New Deal | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1991 | Philip Taft Labor History Book Award | Making a New Deal | — | Cornell University (Taft Award) | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Constance Rourke Prize (American Studies Association) | Encountering Mass Culture at the Grassroots (article) | — | American Studies Association | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Bancroft Prize | Saving America’s Cities | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| — | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | フェロー |
| 1991 | Pulitzer Prize (finalist) | Making a New Deal | — | Pulitzer Prize Board | ファイナリスト |
Bancroft Prize
1991
Work:
Making a New Deal
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Philip Taft Labor History Book Award
1991
Work:
Making a New Deal
Organization:
Cornell University (Taft Award)
Result:
受賞
Constance Rourke Prize (American Studies Association)
1990
Work:
Encountering Mass Culture at the Grassroots (article)
Organization:
American Studies Association
Result:
受賞
Bancroft Prize
2020
Work:
Saving America’s Cities
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
フェロー
Pulitzer Prize (finalist)
1991
Work:
Making a New Deal
Organization:
Pulitzer Prize Board
Result:
ファイナリスト
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919–1939
1990 History (social history)A social history focusing on Chicago industrial workers from 1919 to 1939. Cohen examines how mass culture and the economic shocks of the Depression shaped civic identities and facilitated large-scale industrial unionization, arguing for a working-class 'culture of unity'.
labor historymass cultureurban historyNew Deal era
A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
2003 History (social & cultural history)Explores how identities as consumers shaped politics in postwar America through studies of urban and suburban New Jersey. Topics include the rise of shopping malls, consumer rights movements, and links between consumerism and civil rights activism.
consumer culturepostwar societysuburbanizationpolitics
Saving America’s Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age
2019 History (urban history)Follows the career of Edward J. Logue to reassess federal urban renewal, tracing tensions between government-funded public programs and private-sector initiatives and evaluating both destructive and progressive outcomes of postwar urban policy.
urban renewalpublic policypostwar Americaarchitecture & planning
Bibliography
- Saving America’s Cities: Ed Logue and the Struggle to Renew Urban America in the Suburban Age (2019)
- A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America (2003)
- Making a New Deal: Industrial Workers in Chicago, 1919–1939 (1990)
- The American Pageant (co-author, textbook)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly and empirical proseextensive archival researchanalytic narrative historical writing
- Recurring Motifs
- links between consumer culture and politicsurban-suburban dynamicsworking-class experiencesbuilt environment
Legacy
Cohen is a leading scholar in urban history, consumer culture, and public history. Her work illuminates transformations in American society from the New Deal through the postwar era. She is influential both in academic scholarship and in broader public-facing history.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Urban History Association
Archives
- Harvard University archives (possible holdings/collections)
In Popular Culture
- Co-author of the widely used AP U.S. history textbook 'The American Pageant'
Trivia
- Served as Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study (2011–2018).
- 'Making a New Deal' won the Bancroft Prize and was a Pulitzer Prize finalist.
- One of the co-authors of the textbook 'The American Pageant'.