Lawrence Glickman

Lawrence B. Glickman is a history professor at Cornell University. He is the author, most recently, of Free Enterprise: An American History.

Alamy; The Atlantic

3 Tropes of White Victimhood

Leading conservative pundits today are pounding themes that were popular among opponents of Reconstruction.
- Lawrence Glickman
- July 20, 2021
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How White Backlash Controls American Progress

Backlash dynamics are one of the defining patterns of the country’s history.
- Lawrence Glickman
- May 21, 2020
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The Conservative Campaign Against Safety

How did we get to the point where ministers, the president, many Republican politicians, and a variety of media outlets are calling for people to risk death to save the economy?
- Lawrence Glickman
- March 30, 2020