Fink, Leon

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FINK, Leon

FINK, Leon. American, b. 1948. Genres: Politics/Government, Social sciences, History. Career: City College of the City University of New York, part-time lecturer, 1972-74; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, assistant professor to professor of history, 1977-. Fulbright professor, University of Munich, 1983-84. Publications: Workingmen's Democracy: The Knights of Labor and American Politics, 1983; (with B. Greenberg) Upheaval in the Quiet Zone: The History of Hospital Workers Local 1199, 1989; Major Problems in the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1993; In Search of the Working Class, 1994; (co-ed. with S.T. Leonard and D.M. Reid) Intellectuals and Public Life: Between Radicalism and Reform, 1996. Address: Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3195, U.S.A.