Name Joshua Zeitz | Role Historian | |
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Education Swarth College, Brown University Books Lincoln's Boys: John Hay - Joh, White Ethnic New York: Jew, Flapper | ||
Joshua Michael Zeitz (born 1974) is an American historian. He is the author of several books on American political and social history and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, The Atlantic, Dissent, and American Heritage. Zeitz appeared as a commentator on two PBS documentaries – Boomer Century, and Ken Burns' Prohibition — and has commented on public policy matters on CNBC and CNN International. He has held faculty positions at Harvard, Cambridge and Princeton and is the author of four books.
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Background
Zeitz was born in Trenton and raised in Bordentown, where he attended Bordentown Regional High School. He obtained his B.A. from Swarthmore College (1996), with Highest Honors, and earned an A.M. (1998) and a Ph.D. (2002) in American history from Brown University. He is the author of three books, co-author and editor of a high school history textbook, and has written numerous academic and non-academic articles. Zeitz has held academic positions at Harvard University, Princeton University, and University of Cambridge. In 2008 Zeitz ran as a Democrat for Congress representing New Jersey's 4th district. He was defeated by incumbent Chris Smith 32% to 66%.
Academic positions
Zeitz has held several academic positions including:
Books
Zeitz has written four books. Zeitz's most recent book, Lincoln's Boys: John Hay, John Nicolay, and the War for Lincoln's Image, was published by Viking Press in February 2014.