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Alexander Keyssar (born May 13, 1947)
[1] is an American
historian and the Matthew W. Stirling Jr. Professor of History and Social Policy at the Kennedy School of Government at
Harvard University .
[2]
Life
Alex graduated summa cum laude with a degree in English Literature from Harvard College in 1969. In 1977 he graduated from
Harvard University with a PhD in the History of American Civilization. He taught at
Brandeis University ,
Duke University , and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology .
[3]
Awards
1987
Frederick Jackson Turner Award ; Philip Taft Labor History Prize for Out of Work
2001 Beveridge Prize for The Right to Vote ; Eugene Genovese Prize for The Right to Vote
2001 Pulitzer Prize finalist for The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award finalist for The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States
2001 Parkman Prize, Finalist
2005 Fulbright Specialists
University of Lisbon
[4]
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Anthologies
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