Rick Perlstein

Rick Perlstein
Perlstein seated at a baby grand piano, selecting music to play from a book of jazz standards, Chicago, 2013.
In Chicago (2013)
BornSeptember 3, 1969 (1969-09-03) (age 55)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • historian
EducationUniversity of Chicago (BA)
University of Michigan (MA)[1]
Period1994–present
SubjectConservatism in the United States

Rick Perlstein (born September 3, 1969) is an American historian and journalist[2] who has garnered recognition for his chronicles of the post-1960s American conservative movement.[3] The author of five bestselling books, Perlstein received the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for his first book, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus.[4] Politico has dubbed him "a chronicler extraordinaire of modern conservatism."[2]

  1. ^ "Rick Perlstein." Contemporary Authors Online. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2015. Retrieved via Biography in Context database, May 3, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Coolican, J. Patrick (May 15, 2008). "Historian bridges left-right divide". Politico. Retrieved November 5, 2015.
  3. ^ Packer, George (August 11, 2014). "The Uses of Division: Rick Perlstein chronicles the fall of the American consensus and the rise of the right". The New Yorker. Retrieved 2017-05-03.
  4. ^ "Book Prizes – 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 21, 2015. Retrieved November 4, 2015.