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Associate Professor
Office: Herter 723
Telephone: (413) 545-5875
Fax: (413) 545-6137
E-mail: carl@history.umass.edu
Degree: Ph.D., Princeton University (1992).
Field(s) of interest: 20th-century U.S., global history
Graduate Courses Offered:
Race in the U.S. and International Perspective
Topics in Recent U.S. History
Research Interests and Professional Activities
Professor Nightingale is the author of On the Edge: A History
of Poor Black Children and their American Dreams (1993) as well
as several journal articles. He teaches courses in numerous topics
pertaining to recent American history and in World History since
1400. These include general surveys, as well as seminars on global
and national political economy, race in the U.S. and in international
perspective, and urban community activism. He has a particular interest
in the history of U.S. urban poverty and racial segregation, and
is working on a book called the "The Ghetto in the Global Village:
A World History of the Urban Color Line." He has been active in
efforts to internationalize the study of American history.
Photo: Brian Ogilvie
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