Nash, Gary B.

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NASH, Gary B.

NASH, Gary B. American, b. 1933. Genres: History. Career: Princeton University, NJ, assistant professor of history, 1964-66; University of California at Los Angeles, professor of history, 1966-. Publications: Quakers and Politics: Pennsylvania 1681-1726, 1968; Class and Society in Early America, 1970; Red, White, and Black: The Peoples of Early America, 1974, 4th ed., 2000; The Urban Crucible: Social Change, Political Consciousness, and the Origins of the American Revolution, 1979; (with J.R. Jeffrey et al.) The American People, 2 vols., 1985, 5th ed., 1999; Retracing the Past, 2 vols., 1985; Race, Class, and Politics, 1986; Forging Freedom: The Formation of Philadelphia's Black Community 1720-1840, 1988; Race and Revolution, 1990; (with J.R. Soderland) Freedom by Degrees: Emancipation and Its Aftermath in Pennsylvania, 1991; American Odyssey, 1991, rev. ed., 2001; (with others) History in Trial, 1997; Forbidden Love: The Secret History of Mixed Race America, 1999; First City: Philadelphia and the Forging of Historical Memory, 2001; Landmarks of the American Revolution, 2002. EDITOR/CO-EDITOR: (with R. Weiss) The Great Fear: Race in the Mind of America, 1970; (with D. Sweet) Struggle and Survival in Colonial America, 1980; The Private Side of American History, 2 vols., 1983. Address: 1336 Las Canoas Rd, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272, U.S.A. Online address: [email protected]