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Nevins wrote 33 books, two of which were awarded Pulitzer Prizes. He was the coauthor of six books and edited seventeen books, including collections of primary sources such as the letters of Grover Cleveland. He was the editor of the "American Political Leaders" series of full-length biographies in the 1930s. He wrote countless editorials for newspapers and was the founder of ''American Heritage'' magazine. His work is noted for thorough research in primary sources, highly detailed narrative, a clear writing style, and a willingness to evaluate the personal, political and business qualities of his subjects.  He avoided intellectual history and was not the founder of any "school" of [[History|historiography]], but did promote business history and pioneer the new field of [[Oral History]]. He is considered a conservative in terms of his in-depth studies of business history and his shattering of old liberal myths.  

Nevins wrote 33 books, two of which were awarded Pulitzer Prizes. He was the coauthor of six books and edited seventeen books, including collections of primary sources such as the letters of Grover Cleveland. He was the editor of the "American Political Leaders" series of full-length biographies in the 1930s. He wrote countless editorials for newspapers and was the founder of ''American Heritage'' magazine. His work is noted for thorough research in primary sources, highly detailed narrative, a clear writing style, and a willingness to evaluate the personal, political and business qualities of his subjects.  He avoided intellectual history and was not the founder of any "school" of [[History|historiography]], but did promote business history and pioneer the new field of [[Oral History]]. He is considered a conservative in terms of his in-depth studies of business history and his shattering of old liberal myths.  

==Career==

==Career==

Nevins earned an M.A. in English in 1913 from the University of Illinois; he never took a Ph.D.  He worked as a journalist in New York City and began writing books on history.  Nevins joined the history faculty at Columbia University in 1929, becoming Dewitt Clinton Professor of History in 1931, two years after he joined the faculty there. Among many honors he served as Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University]] from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1964 to 1965. In 1948 he created the first oral history program to operate on an institutionalized basis in the U.S. which continues as Columbia University's Oral History Research Office.

Nevins earned an M.A. in English in 1913 from the University of Illinois; he never took a Ph.D.  He worked as a journalist in New York City and began writing books on history.  Nevins joined the history faculty at Columbia University in 1929, becoming Dewitt Clinton Professor of History in 1931, two years after he joined the faculty there. Among many honors he served as Harmsworth Professor of American History at [[Oxford University]] from 1940 to 1941 and again from 1964 to 1965. In 1948 he created the first oral history program to operate on an institutionalized basis in the U.S. which continues as Columbia University's Oral History Research Office.

==Books==

==Books==