David Rubinstein (social historian)


David Rubinstein was a social historian born of Jewish parentage in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. His father Beryl Rubinstein was a musician.

Biography

Rubinstein moved to England in 1952 to study for a PhD at London School of Economics, and then moved to the University of Hull. He lived in Tours for years and latterly lived in York, England, where he was an honorary fellow of the University of York.
He specialized in the 19th and 20th centuries and authored approximately 20 books.
Rubinstein was a member of the Religious Society of Friends and a Quaker author.
He died in 2019.

Publications

A selection of Rubinstein's work: