Lawrence B. Glickman

Lawrence Glickman, Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies, is the interim director American Studies. He is the author or editor of four books, including Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America (2009). He is currently completing a book on the idea of “free enterprise” in American history that will be published next year by Yale University Press.  He also writes on public affairs for Boston Review, Dissent, and other periodicals of opinion. At Cornell, he teaches a popular course on “Sports and Politics in American History” and he is a core faculty member in the History of Capitalism Initiative.