He received his undergraduate degree from Swarthmore College and his M.A. and PhD from the University of Chicago. His thesis was titled The Search for Social Control: Race Relations in the Urban South, 1865-1890.[1]
His work has been described as "painstakingly researched, regularly insightful, and always commonsensical".[6]
^Goldfield, David (April 1, 1999). "Howard N. Rabinowitz (1942-1998)". The Journal of Negro History. 84 (2): 213. doi:10.1086/JNHv84n2p213. S2CID150150447.
^Howard N. Rabinowitz papers. June 8, 1896. OCLC741195702.