James Grossman
James R. Grossman | |
|---|---|
| Occupations | Historian, academic |
| Years active | c.1990–2025 |
| Awards | 2025 Tony Horwitz Prize[1] |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Cornell University (BS) University of California, Berkeley (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Newberry Library American Historical Association University of Chicago University of California, San Diego |
| Main interests | American South, Slavery, Urban history, American labor history |
| Notable works | Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration A Chance to Make Good: African-Americans, 1900–1929 The Encyclopedia of Chicago Online |
James R. Grossman is an American historian who was the executive director of the American Historical Association from 2010 to 2025.[2] Prior to 2010, he was the Vice President for Research and Education at Newberry Library.[3] He served as the director of the Encyclopedia of Chicago Online and has a research focus on the American South, slavery, urban history and American labor history.[4] He also taught at the University of Chicago and the University of California, San Diego.[4]
Works
- Grossman, James R. (1991). Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-30995-8.[5][6][7][8][9][10]
References
- ^ "2025 James R. Grossman". Society of American Historians. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ^ "James R. Grossman". American Historical Association. Archived from the original on June 20, 2024. Retrieved February 26, 2026.
- ^ Quinn, Ryan. "'Historians Should Be Everywhere': Questions for the AHA's Retiring Leader". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ^ a b "James Grossman | Department of History". history.uchicago.edu. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
- ^ Grossman, Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration (Book Review) Lightner, David L.Urban History Review = Revue d'Histoire Urbaine; Ottawa, Ont. Vol. 19, Iss. 3, (Feb 1, 1991): 245.
- ^ Slayton, R. A. (1992). "Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration. By James R. Grossman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. 384 pp. Hardbound, $29.95; Softbound, $14.95". Oral History Review. 20 (1): 137–138. doi:10.1093/ohr/20.1.137.
- ^ Hine, D. C. (1991). "Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration. By James R. Grossman (Chicago, Illinois: University of Chicago Press, 1989. xiii plus 384 pp. $29.95)". Journal of Social History. 24 (3): 656–658. doi:10.1353/jsh/24.3.656.
- ^ Rouse, Jacqueline A. (1992). "Review of Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration". The Journal of Negro History. 77 (2): 97–99. doi:10.2307/3031486. ISSN 0022-2992. JSTOR 3031486.
- ^ Whatley, Warren C. (1990). "Land of Hope: Chicago, Black Southerners, and the Great Migration. By James R. Grossman. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1989. Pp. xiii, 384. $29.95". The Journal of Economic History. 50 (3): 768–770. doi:10.1017/S0022050700037657. S2CID 153337784.
- ^ Rose, Harold M. (1991). "Book Review: Land of hope, Chicago, black southerners and the great migration". Progress in Human Geography. 15 (2): 216–217. doi:10.1177/030913259101500214. S2CID 151477526.