Lawrence Goodwyn

Lawrence Goodwyn
Born	Lawrence Corbett Goodwyn (1928-07-16)July 16, 1928 Fort Huachuca, Arizona, U.S.
Died	September 29, 2013(2013-09-29) (aged 85) Durham, North Carolina, U.S.
Occupations	Journalist editor academic
Spouse	Nell DeReese
Children	Wade Goodwyn, Lauren Goodwyn
Academic background
Alma mater	Texas A&M University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (PhD)
Academic work
Discipline	History
Institutions	Duke University
Main interests	Populism in the United States History of the Southern United States

Lawrence Corbett Goodwyn (July 16, 1928 – September 29, 2013) was an American journalist and political theorist known for his study of American populism. He served as a professor at Duke University from 1971 to 2003.^[1]

Goodwyn was best known for writing Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America, a book which chronicles the origins and rise of the People's Party, in the social and historical context from which it emerged, American Midwestern and Southwestern populism.^[2] The book was nominated for the National Book Award for Nonfiction in 1977, and it achieved finalist status.^[3] An abridged version of Democratic Promise, titled The Populist Moment: A Short History of the Agrarian Revolt in America, was published in 1978. The Populist Moment became a staple in university history seminars, labor organizing institutes and community activism efforts for years to come.

His publications generally focused on the Southwestern United States, but in 1991 he published Breaking the Barrier: the Rise of Solidarity in Poland, a book that focused on a working class movement from another region: Poland's Solidarnosc movement.^[4]