Bancroft Prize
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Thomas J. Sugrue
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Thomas J. Sugrue
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1962-01-01 （Detroit, Michigan, U.S.）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Detroit (childhood) → Detroit suburbs → Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) → New York City (New York University)
Career
- Occupations
- Historian, Professor, Researcher
- Active Years
- 1991-
- Affiliations
- University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Harvard University (visiting), École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales (visiting)
- Memberships
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences (Fellow), New York Institute for the Humanities (Fellow), American Academy of Political and Social Science (Walter Lippmann Fellow), Urban History Association (Past President)
- Influenced By
- James P. Shenton, Stephan Thernstrom, Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia University | — | Department of History | B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) | 1980-1984 | United States |
| King's College, University of Cambridge | — | British History | B.A. (honours) | 1984-1986 | United Kingdom |
| Harvard University | — | Department of History | Ph.D. | 1986-1992 | United States |
Columbia University
Department of History
Degree:
B.A. (Summa Cum Laude)
Period:
1980-1984
Year of Graduation:
1984
Country:
United States
Graduated Summa Cum Laude; Phi Beta Kappa; mentored by James P. Shenton
King's College, University of Cambridge
British History
Degree:
B.A. (honours)
Period:
1984-1986
Year of Graduation:
1986
Country:
United Kingdom
Attended on a Kellett Fellowship; awarded the Doncaster History Prize.
Harvard University
Department of History
Degree:
Ph.D.
Period:
1986-1992
Year of Graduation:
1992
Country:
United States
Doctoral work with Stephan Thernstrom and Barbara Gutmann Rosenkrantz
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Bancroft Prize | The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit | — | Columbia University Libraries (Bancroft Prize) | 受賞 |
| — | President's Book Award (Social Science History Association) | The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit | — | Social Science History Association | 受賞 |
| — | Philip Taft Prize in Labor History | The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit | — | Cornell University (Philip Taft Prize) | 受賞 |
| — | Urban History Association Prize for Best Book in North American Labor History | The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit | — | Urban History Association | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize (finalist) | Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North | — | Los Angeles Times | 最終候補 |
| 2015 | Andrew Carnegie Fellows | — | — | Carnegie Corporation | 受賞（フェロー） |
| 2016 | Honorary Doctorate (Wayne State University) | — | — | Wayne State University | 授与 |
Bancroft Prize
1998
Work:
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
Organization:
Columbia University Libraries (Bancroft Prize)
Result:
受賞
President's Book Award (Social Science History Association)
Work:
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
Organization:
Social Science History Association
Result:
受賞
Philip Taft Prize in Labor History
Work:
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
Organization:
Cornell University (Philip Taft Prize)
Result:
受賞
Urban History Association Prize for Best Book in North American Labor History
Work:
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
Organization:
Urban History Association
Result:
受賞
Los Angeles Times Book Prize (finalist)
2008
Work:
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
最終候補
Andrew Carnegie Fellows
2015
Organization:
Carnegie Corporation
Result:
受賞（フェロー）
Honorary Doctorate (Wayne State University)
2016
Organization:
Wayne State University
Result:
授与
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit
1996 History / Urban historyExamines how race, housing policy, and economic decisions shaped Detroit's postwar decline and inequality. Uses extensive archival research to analyze structural factors and policy choices.
Race relationsHousing policyUrban declineLabor history
Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
2008 History / Civil rights historyExplores civil rights struggles in the North, recovering campaigns and movements often overlooked by narratives focused on the South.
Civil rightsRacial discriminationUrban society
Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race
2010 Political history / Cultural historyConsiderations of Barack Obama's politics and the burden of race, critiquing colorblind political rhetoric in American public life.
RacePoliticsMemory and history
These United States: The Making of a Nation, 1890 to the Present
2015 History / TextbookCo-authored textbook surveying U.S. history from 1890 to the present, analyzing nation-making from multiple perspectives.
Nation-buildingSocial changePolitical history
Bibliography
- The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit (1996; Princeton Classic Edition 2005)
- W.E.B. DuBois, Race, and the City: The Philadelphia Negro and Its Legacy (ed., 1998)
- The New Suburban History (ed., 2005)
- Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North (2008)
- Not Even Past: Barack Obama and the Burden of Race (2010)
- These United States: The Making of a Nation, 1890 to the Present (with Glenda Gilmore, 2015)
- Immigration and Metropolitan Revitalization (with Domenic Vitiello, 2017)
- Neoliberal Cities: The Remaking of Postwar Urban America (with Andrew J. Diamond, 2020)
- The Long Year: A 2020 Reader (with Caitlin Zaloom, 2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Scholarly, narrative proseAnalytical approach combining quantitative data and oral/archival sources
- Recurring Motifs
- Intersection of race and urban spaceImpact of housing and policyInequality and labor
Legacy
Thomas J. Sugrue is a historian known for influential work on postwar American urban history and race relations; his Origins of the Urban Crisis has had substantial impact on urban studies and civil rights history. He has also contributed to public discourse and served as an expert in affirmative action court cases.
Academic Societies
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- New York Institute for the Humanities
- American Academy of Political and Social Science
- Urban History Association
Archives
- University of Pennsylvania archives (related holdings)
Trivia
- Taught at the University of Pennsylvania for many years and has been at New York University since 2015.
- The Origins of the Urban Crisis won the Bancroft Prize in 1998.
- Served as an expert witness for the University of Michigan in affirmative action cases (Grutter v. Bollinger, Gratz v. Bollinger).
- Has received fellowships and grants from organizations including the Guggenheim Foundation, Brookings Institution, and the Institute for Advanced Study.