David M. Oshinsky
Author of Polio: An American Story
About the Author
He is also an associate editor of the American National Biography. Oshinsky writes about the brutality of penitentiary life in his book, Worse Than Slavery: Parchman Farm and the Ordeal of Jim Crow Justice. He earned a Senior Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities and an show more appointment as Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Texas, Austin for his work on the penitentiary project. Oshinsky also received the 17th Annual Robert F. Kennedy Book Award for his novel. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by David M. Oshinsky
Associated Works
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2020 (2020) — Author "War Stories: The Tail Gunner" — 1 copy
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- Birthdate
- 1944
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Education
- Cornell University (BA, 1965)
Brandeis University (PhD, 1971) - Occupations
- professor
historian - Organizations
- University of Texas at Austin (Jack S. Blanton Chair in History)
New York University (scholar-in-residence)
Rutgers University - Awards and honors
- National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
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- Members
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- Popularity
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- Rating
- 4.1
- Reviews
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- ISBNs
- 59