People
Faculty
Current research interests
Lisa McGirr’s current research is focused on the 1920s. She is at work on a social history of national prohibition entitled Prohibition and the Making of Modern America (under contract with W.W. Norton).
Selected Publications
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“The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti: A Global History” Journal of American History 93 (March 2007)1085-111
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Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right (Princeton University Press 2001, paper, 2002
Lisa McGirr
Position: Professor of History
Field: United States
Specialty: Twentieth-century United States, emphasis on politics and social movements. Interests include: reform movements; intersection of religion and politics; state and civil society; United States and the world
Contact Info
Robinson Hall
Room 108
35 Quincy Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
617.496.2013
Office Hours: Wednesday 11:30-1:00 & by appointment