Public Thinker: Thomas J. Sugrue on History's Hard Lessons
Read this interview on Public Books featuring two of our affiliate members, Destin Jenkins (The University of Chicago) and Thomas Sugrue (New York University).
"From producing towering classics in the field of urban history to penning editorials and essays for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Nation, and the London Review of Books, among other venues, Thomas J. Sugrue has found ways to communicate the nuances of urban life, civil rights, race, and economics to a wide audience. He is a professor of social and cultural analysis and history at New York University, where he directs the NYU Collaborative on Global Urbanism. Destin Jenkins, whose work centers on urban studies, race, and capitalism, spoke with Sugrue for Public Books about why he became a public thinker, the relationship between race and class, and his work in light of new histories of capitalism."