Books, Etc.
Online Links to Faculty Publications

The Greatest Fight of Our Generation : Louis vs. Schmeling - Amazon

The Greatest Fight of Our Generation : Louis vs. Schmeling - Oxford University Press

Steppin' Out : New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture - Amazon

Steppin' Out : New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture - U of Chicago Press

Steppin' Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture - Print.Google

Swingin' the Dream : Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture- Amazon

Swingin' the Dream : Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture- U of Chicago Press

Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Culture - Print.Google

The War in American Culture : Society and Consciousness during World War II - Amazon

The War in American Culture : Society and Consciousness during World War II - U of Chicago Press

The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness During World War II - Print.Google

Lewis Erenberg

Ph.D. Michigan Specialization: American History

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Research Interests:

U.S. Cultural and Social History

History of American Music, Culture, and Entertainment

History of Gender

Courses for Spring 2007:

History 396: Honors Colloquium
History 558: American Cultural History

Publications:

The Greatest Fight of Our Generation: Louis vs. Schmeling (Oxford University Press, 2005)

Guest Editor, Special Issue of Mid America, In Tribute to John Higham (Winter Summer, 2001)

Swingin' The Dream: Big Band Jazz and The Rebirth of American Culture(University of Chicago, 1998)

Ed., The War in American Culture. (University of Chicago Press, 1996);

Steppin' Out: New York City Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture, 1890-1930 (University of Chicago Press, 1984)

"Things to Come: Swing Bands, Bepop and the Rise of a PostwarJazz Scene," in Lary May (ed.) Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of the Cold War. (University of Chicago Press, 1989)

Honors:

Fellow, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle, North Carolina, 2003-2004.

Fulbright Distinguished Chair in American Culture, University of Salzburg, Fall, 2000.

Fulbright Senior Lecturer, University of Munich, 1990-1991.

Office Phone: (773) 508-2231

E-mail address: lerenbe@luc.edu

Office Hours:

Tues: 3:00 - 4:15
Thurs: 4:30 - 6:00 and by appt.

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