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| '''Meg Jacobs''' is an American Historian. She won the ]. | |||
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| '''Meg Jacobs''' is a historian of U.S. political history and political economy. She is a Senior Research Scholar at the ] and in the ] at ]. | |||
| == Academics == | |||
| ⚫ | Jacobs graduated from ] (BA) and the ] (MA, PhD).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://history.columbia.edu/faculty/Jacobs.html|title=Meg Jacobs - Faculty - Department of History - Columbia University|website=history.columbia.edu|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> She was a professor at the ], and is a resident scholar at ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://wws.princeton.edu/faculty-research/faculty/megj|title=Meg Jacobs|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> | ||
| Her research has centered on the ] and the development of twentieth-century politics, such as the ]. In 2006, she won the ] ] for the best historical study on ]. Her major works include ''Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America'' (2006) and ''Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s'' (2016).<ref>{{cite web |title=Meg Jacobs |url=https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/people/meg-jacobs |website=Radcliffe Institute}}</ref> | |||
| == Life == | |||
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| == Family == | == Family == | ||
| In 2012, she married ].<ref>{{Cite news|url= |
In 2012, she married fellow historian and political commentator ] at the ] in ] presided over by the groom's father, Gerald.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/02/fashion/weddings/meg-jacobs-julian-zelizer-weddings.html|title=Meg Jacobs, Julian Zelizer - Weddings|date=2012-09-02|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> Her mother-in-law is ], ]. | ||
| == Works == | == Works == | ||
| * {{cite book|url= |
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xWNPAQAAQBAJ|title=Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America|date=20 February 2007|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-4378-7}} | ||
| * {{cite book|url= |
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jNKUMNqY64MC&pg=PA250|title=The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History|date=10 January 2009|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-2582-0|pages=250–|editor1=Meg Jacobs|editor2=William J. Novak|editor3=Julian E. Zelizer}} | ||
| * Meg Jacobs, Julian E. Zelizer, ''Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989: A Brief History with Documents'', Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010, ISBN |
* Meg Jacobs, Julian E. Zelizer, ''Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989: A Brief History with Documents'', Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010, {{ISBN|9780312488314}}. | ||
| * {{cite book|url= |
* {{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gHmfCgAAQBAJ|title=Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s|date=19 April 2016|publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux|isbn=978-0-374-71489-5}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-america-ran-on-empty-1462487519|title=When America Ran on Empty|last=Levinson|first=Marc|date=2016-05-05|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|issn=0099-9660|access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/07/25/sweet-lamb-of-heaven-imagine-me-gone-panic-at-the-pump-and-dark-territory-briefly-noted|title=Briefly Noted Book Reviews|magazine=The New Yorker|date=18 July 2016 |access-date=2016-08-02}}</ref> | ||
| == References == | == References == | ||
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| == External links == | == External links == | ||
| *, ''slate'', April 2016 | *, ''slate'', April 2016 | ||
| *, Meg Jacobs, ''videolectures'' | |||
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Latest revision as of 16:51, 8 April 2024
American historian| Meg Jacobs | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Spouse | Julian Zelizer |
| Awards | Ellis W. Hawley Prize (American Historical Association), Jeanne Rosselet Fellow (Harvard University) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Cornell University, University of Virginia |
| Thesis | The Politics of Purchasing Power: Political Economy, Consumption Politics, and State-Building, 1909-1959 (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Nelson Lichtenstein |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | History |
| Sub-discipline | U.S. political history, political economy, public policy |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Princeton University |
| Notable works | Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America (2005) |
| Website | |
Meg Jacobs is a historian of U.S. political history and political economy. She is a Senior Research Scholar at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and in the Department of History at Princeton University.
Academics
Jacobs graduated from Cornell University (BA) and the University of Virginia (MA, PhD). She was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is a resident scholar at Princeton University.
Her research has centered on the political economy and the development of twentieth-century politics, such as the history of conservatism. In 2006, she won the American Historical Association's Ellis W. Hawley Prize for the best historical study on U.S. politics. Her major works include Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America (2006) and Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s (2016).
Family
In 2012, she married fellow historian and political commentator Julian Zelizer at the Synagogue for the Arts in New York City presided over by the groom's father, Gerald. Her mother-in-law is economic sociologist, Viviana Rotman Zelizer.
Works
- Pocketbook Politics: Economic Citizenship in Twentieth-Century America. Princeton University Press. 20 February 2007. ISBN 978-1-4008-4378-7.
- Meg Jacobs; William J. Novak; Julian E. Zelizer, eds. (10 January 2009). The Democratic Experiment: New Directions in American Political History. Princeton University Press. pp. 250–. ISBN 978-1-4008-2582-0.
- Meg Jacobs, Julian E. Zelizer, Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989: A Brief History with Documents, Bedford/St. Martin's, 2010, ISBN 9780312488314.
- Panic at the Pump: The Energy Crisis and the Transformation of American Politics in the 1970s. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 19 April 2016. ISBN 978-0-374-71489-5.
References
- Jacobs, Meg (1998). The politics of purchasing power: Political economy, consumption politics, and state-building, 1909-1959 (PhD). OCLC 44185250. ProQuest 304459366.
- "Meg Jacobs - Faculty - Department of History - Columbia University". history.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- "Meg Jacobs". Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- "Meg Jacobs". Radcliffe Institute.
- "Meg Jacobs, Julian Zelizer - Weddings". The New York Times. 2012-09-02. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- Levinson, Marc (2016-05-05). "When America Ran on Empty". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
- "Briefly Noted Book Reviews". The New Yorker. 18 July 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
External links
- The Energy Crisis and the End of American Liberalism, slate, April 2016
- What's So Natural About Natural Disasters?, Meg Jacobs, videolectures
- Appearances on C-SPAN