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IntroductionThe Postwar EthosPortrait of Middle AmericaThe Search for AlternativesThe Harlem RenaissanceConclusionAbout Casey Nelson Blake
Introduction
The Postwar Ethos
Portrait of Middle America
The Search for Alternatives
The Harlem Renaissance
Conclusion
Biographies
Reading List
Professor Casey Blake

A native New Yorker, Casey Nelson Blake is Professor of History and Director of the American Studies program at Columbia University. He has also taught at Reed College, Indiana University, the University of Rome, and Washington University in St. Louis. Blake is the author of many works on U.S. intellectual and cultural history, including Beloved Community: The Cultural Criticism of Randolph Bourne, Van Wyck Brooks, Waldo Frank, and Lewis Mumford. In addition to his scholarly publications, Blake has published essays and criticism in the American Scholar, Commonweal, Dissent, the Nation, Tikkun, and other journals of opinion. He is currently writing a book on public art and civic culture in the United States.