Louis P. Masur

Louis P. Masur is Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University. This essay is adapted from his new book,The Sum of Our Dreams: A Concise History of America.

Let America Be America Again

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday September 8, 2020

How the South Rose Again

Defeated in war, the Confederate states merely changed tactics

By Louis P. Masur | Monday March 4, 2019

The Runaway Question

How people fleeing bondage helped transform the nation

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday September 4, 2018

Monumental Hatred

The ongoing struggle against white supremacy

By Louis P. Masur | Thursday August 17, 2017

Garden State Sorcerer

In his new memoir, Springsteen reveals his inner life but is strangely silent on his music

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday October 25, 2016

Julian Barnes’s A History of the World in 10 ½ Chapters

A well-told story always feels true

By Louis P. Masur | Monday May 18, 2015

Breaking the Bonds

How runaway slaves got North

By Louis P. Masur | Wednesday December 10, 2014

Ready to Be Free

The end of the peculiar institution

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday March 11, 2014

Liberty Is a Slow Fruit

Lincoln the deliberate emancipator

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday September 4, 2012

Tangled Up in Dylan

The enduring appeal of a legendary American songwriter

By Louis P. Masur | Wednesday December 1, 2010

Let America Be America Again

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday September 8, 2020

How the South Rose Again

By Louis P. Masur | Monday March 4, 2019

The Runaway Question

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday September 4, 2018

Monumental Hatred

By Louis P. Masur | Thursday August 17, 2017

Garden State Sorcerer

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday October 25, 2016

Breaking the Bonds

By Louis P. Masur | Wednesday December 10, 2014

Ready to Be Free

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday March 11, 2014

Liberty Is a Slow Fruit

By Louis P. Masur | Tuesday September 4, 2012

Tangled Up in Dylan

By Louis P. Masur | Wednesday December 1, 2010

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