Robert M. Fogelson
Born1937 (age 86–87)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationUrban Historian
AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship (1973)
Academic background
Alma materColumbia University
Harvard University
Doctoral advisorOscar Handlin
Academic work
Sub-disciplineUrban history
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology

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