Rick Perlstein
Rick Perlstein | |
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In Chicago (2013) | |
| Born | September 3, 1969 (age 55) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S. |
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| Education | University of Chicago (BA) University of Michigan (MA) |
| Period | 1994–present |
| Subject | Conservatism in the United States |
Rick Perlstein (born September 3, 1969) is an American historian, writer and journalist who has garnered recognition for his chronicles of the post-1960s American conservative movement. The author of five bestselling books, Perlstein received the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for History for his first book, Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus. Politico has dubbed him "a chronicler extraordinaire of modern conservatism."