Edward Pessen
Edward Pessen was an American historian.Life
Edeard Pessen was born to a working-class Jewish immigrant family in New York City. After army service Pessen completed undergraduate education and gained a PhD from Columbia University. He taught at several universities, ending as professor of history at the graduate school of the City University of New York. He was a founder of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, and was the society's president in 1985–6.Works
- The social philosophies of early American leaders of labor, 1954
- Most uncommon Jacksonians: the radical leaders of the early labor movement, 1967
- New perspectives on Jacksonian parties and politics, 1969
- Jacksonian America: society, personality, and politics, 1969
- Riches, class, and power before the Civil War, 1973
- Three centuries of social mobility in America, 1974
- Jacksonian panorama, 1976
- The Many-faceted Jacksonian era: new interpretations, 1977
- The log cabin myth: the social backgrounds of the presidents, 1984
