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Heather Cox Richardson

by Bonnie Goodman

"She is one of the best professors I've had so far. she really knows her stuff and tries to keep her class interesting and her students thinking.".

Christmas Potpourri

Reinventing Christmas Over and Over Kwanza Blues Who Invented Santa Claus? The Debate Involving "Jingle Bells" Nick Turse: Have Yourself a Pentagon Christmas What Was the Star of Bethlehem? C

History Doyen: Edmund S. Morgan

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for. 

Thomas J. Sugrue

by Bonnie Goodman

"A splendid book that does no less than transform our understanding of United States history after 1940"

Yanek Mieczkowski

by Bonnie Goodman

"By a masterful analysis, Mieczkowski shows how Ford restored credibility to government and promoted amicable relations with Congres."

Bruce J. Schulman

by Bonnie Goodman

"Prof. Schulman is the best professor I have had at BU. He is so passionate about History and teaching. His use of multimedia during his lectures not only makes the class interesting but provides tangible examples."

History Doyen: Bernard Bailyn

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

Jill Lepore

by Bonnie Goodman

"A product [of] imaginative, and wide-ranging scholarship... a fascinating book." -- Gordon Wood

Henry Yu

by Bonnie Goodman

"The best prof ever in UBC".

Michael Willrich

by Bonnie Goodman

"Michael Willrich shares with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Theodore Dreiser an absorbing interest in the ancient riddle of whether crime should be reckoned as an individual or a social failing."

History Doyen: Robert V. Remini

by Bonnie Goodman

What he's famous for.

Dylan Penningroth

by Bonnie Goodman

"Penningroth is awesome and he knows his history."

W. Fitzhugh Brundage

by Bonnie Goodman

"I really recommend this class... Brundage seems to know everything imaginable about music, and is always open to our questions. really nice guy!"

Brian Cowan

by Bonnie Goodman

"Prof. Cowan is a wonderful addition to McGill's hist. dept. He clearly puts a lot of prep into his lectures, and succeeds in making them very interesting."

Thomas J. Brown

by Bonnie Goodman

"I thought Brown was excellent. He's absolutely brilliant and conveys his knowledge effectively."

Jonathan Earle

by Bonnie Goodman

"Jonathan Earle revises the revisionists in this lucid and well-argued demonstration of the vital Jacksonian contribution to the abolition of slavery. Jacksonian Antislavery enriches the literature of the age of Jackson." -- Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

Top Young Historians: Joanne B. Freeman

by Bonnie Goodman

"A slew of popular historians have gone on tour in recent years with their speculative psychodramas about the American founders. Joanne B. Freeman puts them all to shame."

Top Young Historians: Julian Zelizer

by Bonnie Goodman

"Reform is the work of the tortoise, not the hare."

Top Young Historians: Gil Troy

by Bonnie Goodman

"Going to a Troy lecture was like sitting in a crowded theater watching a one man spectacle."

Top Young Historians: Lillian Guerra

by Bonnie Goodman

"As a historian, I knew that I would never find a single answer. As a Cuban (at least by desire, if not by birth), I felt I knew the origin of the question, Would the Republic and Cuba's twentieth-century history have been different if Martí had lived?"