David Nasaw (born July 18, 1945, in Cortland, New York is an American author, biographer and historian who specializes in the cultural and social history of early 20th Century America. Nasaw is on the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Professor of History.
Books in order of publication:
- Starting Your Own High School, editor (Random House, 1972).
- Schooled to Order: A Social History of Public Schooling in United States (Oxford University Press, 1979, 1980).
- Children of the City: At Work and at Play (Anchor Press/Doubleday, 1985; Oxford University Press, 1986).
- Course of United States History: To 1877, Vol. 1, ed. (Thomson Wadsworth, 1987)
- Going Out: The Rise and Fall of Public Amusements (Basic Books, 1993)
- The Chief: The Life of William Randolph Hearst (Houghton Mifflin, 2000)
- Andrew Carnegie (Penguin Press, 2006)
The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy (Penguin Press, November 2012)
The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II – 2025
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