Irwin Unger
Irwin Unger is an American historian and academic specializing in economic history, the history of the 1960s, and the history of the Gilded Age. He earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1958 and is currently Professor Emeritus of History at New York University.
Unger won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1965 for his book, The Greenback Era. His most recent book, written in collaboration with Stanley Hirshson, a Queens College historian, and Debi Unger, an editor at HarperCollins, is a 2014 biography of George Marshall.Personal life
Irwin is married to author and journalist Debi Unger; they have five children and have also collaborated on several books.Books
Among Unger's published books are:
In addition, Unger has written a number of textbooks on modern American history.
