Robert S. McElvaineElizabeth Chisholm Professor of Arts & LettersProfessor of HistoryChair, Department of History {link}LINK to Curriculum Vitae
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Department of History
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS 39210
Academic Background
B.A. Rutgers University (1968)
M.A. SUNY-Binghamton (1971)
Ph.D. SUNY-Binghamton (1974)
Post-Doctoral Work:
University of California at Berkeley (1978)
Brown University (1980-81)

Research Interests
Twentieth-Century American political, cultural & social history
The Great Depression
The 1960s
Women's History
Biohistory
Link to New York Times article on Biohistory, Feb. 10, 2001Link to article, "The Relevance of Biohistory," The Chronicle Review, October 18, 2002
PUBLICATIONS:
Grand Theft Jesus: The Hijacking of Religion in America Order from Amazon.com
Encyclopedia of the Great Depression
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eve's Seed: Biology, the Sexes and the Course of History
(New York: McGraw-Hill, 2001).
The Depression and New Deal: A History in Documents
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2000).
What's Left? - A New Democratic Vision for America (Holbrook, Mass.:
Adams Publishing, 1996).
Mario Cuomo: A Biography (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988).
Review in New York Times Book Review
The End of the Conservative Era: Liberalism After Reagan
(New York:
Arbor House, 1987).
Review in New York Times Book Review
Out of Print, but available from Amazon.com
The Great Depression: America, 1929-1941 (New York: Times Books, 1984; 1993)
Review in New York Times Book Review
Down and Out in the Great Depression: Letters from the Forgotten Man
(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1983; 25th Anniversary Edition, 2008).
Review in New York Times Book Review
Link to Listing of articles
Current Courses Taught
History 2110 History of the United States since 18772008 Syllabus
2006 Syllabus
2005 Syllabus
2004 Syllabus
2003 Syllabus
2002 Syllabus
2001 Syllabus
2000 Syllabus
1999 Syllabus
Audio
History 2120 Women (and Men) in America2006 Syllabus
2002 Syllabus
2000 Syllabus
Audio
History 3170 The Great Depression2007 Syllabus
2001 Syllabus
1998 Syllabus
Audio
History 3160 The Forties and Fifties2008 Syllabus
2004 Syllabus
2002 Syllabus
1999 Syllabus
Audio
History 3180 The Sixties2006 Syllabus
2005 Syllabus
2003 Syllabus
2000 Syllabus
1997 Syllabus
Audio
History 3190 Our Times: America since 19702005 Syllabus
2003 Syllabus
2001 Syllabus
Audio
Liberal Studies 5000: Oh Freedom! -- America in the 1960s2004 Syllabus
IDS 1200 Sex, Religion, and "Prehistory"2007 Syllabus
2006 Syllabus
2005 Syllabus
2004 Syllabus
2003 Syllabus
2002 Syllabus
2001 Syllabus
2000 Syllabus
1998 Syllabus
1997 Syllabus
Audio
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