Isserman, Maurice

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Birth 1951-03-12
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Maurice Isserman is a professor of history at Hamilton College, New York, and the author of several books on the history of the American left, including: If I Had a Hammer: The Death of the Old Left and the Birth of the New Left (1993) and The Other American: The Life of Michael Harrington (2000).

From the description of Which side were you on? : the American Communist Party during the Second World War : interview transcripts and summaries, 1977-1978. (New York University). WorldCat record id: 479161105

Maurice Isserman graduated from Reed College in 1973 and is now a history professor at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York.

From the description of Maurice Isserman Papers, 1968-1976. 1968-1976. (CORVALLIS BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY). WorldCat record id: 756955268

Maurice Isserman was a friend of singer, songwriter, and activist Bonnie Raitt, whom he met while participating in an American Friends Service Committee summer work camp in Indianapolis in 1967. Raitt entered Radcliffe College in the fall of 1967 and they continued to correspond for a few years.

From the description of Papers of Maurice Isserman, 1967-2011 (inclusive), 1967-1969 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 751872328

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Subjects:

  • Musicians
  • Singers
  • Communism History 20th century
  • Communists
  • Women musicians
  • Women singers
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • United States (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)