Robert M. Fogelson Explained

Occupation:Urban Historian
Nationality:American
Alma Mater:Columbia University
Harvard University
Workplaces:Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sub Discipline:Urban history
Awards:Guggenheim Fellowship (1973)
Doctoral Advisor:Oscar Handlin

Robert M. Fogelson (born 1937) is an American urban historian. He is an emeritus professor of history at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]

Biography

Fogelson received his B.A. from Columbia University in 1958 and Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1964. His doctoral advisor was Oscar Handlin.[2] Fogelson joined the MIT faculty in 1968 and his scholarship focuses on urban history and urban affairs,[3] including rent control in New York City,[4] the development of suburbs and downtowns,[5] [6] city policing and the decline of non-profit cooperative housing.[7] [8] [9]

Fogelson received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1973.[10]

References

  1. Web site: Robert M. Fogelson . 2022-05-27 . MIT History . en.
  2. Web site: Oscar Handlin, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Harvard Historian, Dies at 95 News The Harvard Crimson . 2022-05-27 . www.thecrimson.com.
  3. Web site: Gambardello . Joseph A. . How Philly came to call its downtown 'Center City' . 2022-05-27 . inquirer.com . 14 May 2019 . en.
  4. Web site: The 'Great Rent Wars' of New York . 2022-05-27 . MIT News Massachusetts Institute of Technology . 21 October 2013 . en.
  5. News: Badger . Emily . Bui . Quoctrung . 2021-07-07 . The Downtown Office District Was Vulnerable. Even Before Covid. . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-05-27 . 0362-4331.
  6. Web site: The New Downtown Los Angeles Newgeography.com . 2022-05-27 . www.newgeography.com.
  7. Schuyler . David . 2004 . Book Reviews: Downtown: Its Rise and Fall, 1880-1950, by Robert M. Fogelson. . Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography . en . 106–108 . 2169-8546.
  8. Web site: Seo . Sarah A. . 2022-04-22 . The Deep Roots of Sexual Policing in America . 2022-05-27 . The Atlantic . en.
  9. News: Barker . Kim . Keller . Michael H. . Eder . Steve . 2020-12-22 . How Cities Lost Control of Police Discipline . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-05-27 . 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: Robert M. Fogelson . 2022-05-27 . John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation . en-US.

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