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Mike Wallace (born July 22, 1942) is an American historian. He specializes in the history of New York City, and in the history and practice of "public history". In 1998 he co-authored Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, which in 1999 won the Pulitzer Prize in History.
The Guru of Gotham. Mike Wallace ’64 is the “radical historian” behind the Pulitzer Prize-winning chronicles of New York City. By Scott Meslow. Jörg Meyer. Be careful what you say to a historian.
Mike Wallace (born July 22, 1942) is an American historian. He specializes in the history of New York City, and in the history and practice of “public history” (the way history gets presented to the public in museums, films, theme parks, novels, historic sites, etc).
Mike Wallace is co-author of the Pulitzer-Prize winning Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898, and its sequel Greater Gotham, A History of New York City from 1898-1919 (winner of the 2018 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award from the Phi Beta Kappa Society).
- mwallace@gc.cuny.edu
- Distinguished Professor, History
Feb 4, 2019 · Mike Wallace’s opus is a history of turn-of-the-twentieth-century America as much as it is the story of metropolitan expansion and the quest for an urban ideal. It establishes how and when New York City began to punch above its weight nationally and, by extension, become a political, financial, social, and cultural arbiter for the country.
- Marion R. Casey
- 2019
teaching experience. 2000- Distinguished Professor of History, John Jay College and Graduate Center, City University of New York. 1971-1999 Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor of History, John Jay College, City University of New York. 1970-1971 Instructor of History, Franconia College. courses taught include. History of New York City.
Greater Gotham, written by Gotham co-author Mike Wallace, takes up the story of the urban behemoth created by municipal consolidation in 1898 and now launching into the 20th century.
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