Schles·in·ger  (shlěs'ĭn-jər)  American historian whose works include The Rise of the City (1933). His son Arthur Meier, Jr. (1917-2007), also a historian, was an adviser to President John F. Kennedy, whose administration is chronicled in A Thousand Days (1965). |
Schlesinger, Arthur Meier
American historian whose emphasis on social and urban developments greatly broadened approaches to U.S. history.
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