Patrick J. Maney
Professor, Retired
Patrick J. Maney
Ph.D.
Contact
Email: maneyp@bc.edu
Education
- B.S., Wisconsin State University颅
- Ph.D., University of Maryland
Research Interests
U.S. history, 1865-present; the Presidency; Congress
Department
Biography
Patrick Maney teaches modern American history with an emphasis on politics and the presidency. He has written biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt and New Deal Senator Robert La Follette, Jr., one of the most prominent U.S. senators of the 1930s and 1940s until his defeat by Joseph McCarthy. His latest book is a study of the presidency of Bill Clinton.
A native of Wisconsin, he has served as Dean of 红桃视频's Morrissey College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and as chair tof the history departments at the University of South Carolina in Columbia and Tulane University in New Orleans. He has appeared on public television, C-SPAN, and National Public Radio.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
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听(1998[1978])
听(1998[1993])听听
听Boston Globe听(and elsewhere), February 18, 2009
"FDR: The Illusive Standard,"听Prologue听听(April 1994)
"Hale Boggs: The Southerner as National Democrat," in听Masters of the House, edited by Raymond Smock, Susan Hammond, and Roger Davidson (1998)
鈥淭hey Sang for Roosevelt: Songs of the People in the Age of FDR,鈥澨�Journal of American and Comparative Cultures, 23 (Spring 2000)
鈥淛oseph鈥檚 McCarthy鈥檚 First Victim,鈥澨�Virginia Quarterly Review听77 (Summer 2001)
鈥淭he Forgotten New Deal Congress, 1933-1945,鈥� in听The American Congress: The Building of Democracy, ed. Julian E. Zelizer (2004)