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peter caleb nasaw daniel allen nasaw american 18 july 1945 roslyn high school bucknell -rrb- university -lrb- b.a -rrb- columbia university -lrb- ph.d david george nasaw 200 dinitia e.r. smith photographofdavidnasawbytiernan.jpg city university of new york david nasaw arthur m. schlesinger , jr. professor of history david nasaw -lrb- 2012 -rrb- jonathan -rrb- -lrb- sister -rrb- nasaw -lrb- brother -rrb- elizabeth nasaw -lrb- deceased cortland , new york historian , author , jewish david nasaw
 roslyn , new york
david nasaw

david nasaw -lrb- born 18 july 1945 in cortland , new york -rrb- is an american author , biographer and historian who specializes in the cultural and social history of early 20th century america .
nasaw is on the faculty of the graduate center of the city university of new york , where he is the arthur m. schlesinger , jr. .
professor of history .
in addition to writing numerous scholarly and popular books , he has written for publications such as the `` columbia journalism review '' , `` american historical review '' , `` american heritage '' , `` dissent '' , `` the new yorker '' , `` the new york times '' , `` the wall street journal '' , `` slate '' , `` the london review of books '' , and `` condé nast traveler '' .
nasaw has appeared in several documentaries , including `` the american experience , 1996 '' , and two episodes of the history channel 's april 2006 miniseries `` 10 days that unexpectedly changed america '' : `` the homestead strike '' and `` the assassination of president mckinley '' .
he is cited extensively in the us and british media as an expert on the history of popular entertainment and the news media , and as a critic of american philanthropy .
