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Lawrence W. Levine

Born

in New York, NY, The United States

February 27, 1933

Died

October 23, 2006

Website

http://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/inmemo...

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Lawrence William Levine was a celebrated American historian. He was born in Manhattan and died in Berkeley, California.

A model of the engaged scholar throughout his life, Levine lived both his scholarship and his politics. From the very outset, he immersed himself in the political life of Berkeley – in, for example, a sleep-in in the rotunda of the state capitol in Sacramento to press for fair housing legislation, and the sit-ins in Berkeley organized by CORE to force stores to hire black people.

He participated in the march from Selma to Montgomery, expressing his solidarity with the civil rights movement. During the Free Speech upheaval at Berkeley, he came to the defense of students protesting a ban on political activity on campus in sup ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 1,051 ratings · 72 reviews · 21 distinct works • Similar authors

	Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom 4.21 avg rating — 465 ratings — published 1977 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America 3.89 avg rating — 452 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Opening of the American Mind: Canons, Culture, and History 3.61 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1996 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unpredictable Past: Explorations in American Cultural History 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Documenting America, 1935-1943 by Lawrence W. Levine (Contributor), Alan Trachtenberg (Contributor), Carl Fleischhauer (Editor) 4.46 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The People And The President: America's Conversation With FDR by Lawrence W. Levine (Editor), Cornelia R. Levine (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2002	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fireside Conversations: America Responds to FDR during the Great Depression by Lawrence W. Levine, Cornelia R. Levine 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Defender of the Faith: William Jennings Bryan: The Last Decade, 1915–1925 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1987 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New York One liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1979	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The National Temper: Readings in American Culture and Society 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In fact, is the idea of a serious comparison of American musicals and opera really so outrageous?”
― Lawrence W. Levine, Highbrow/Lowbrow: The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America

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