Greg Grandin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Greg Grandin

American historian

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1962

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession: historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Greg Grandin (born 1962) is a professor of history at New York University.
Starting Fall 2019, he will be a professor of history at Yale University.
He is author of a number of books, including Fordlândia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History, as well as for the National Book Award and a National Book Critics Circle Award.
A more recent book, entitled, Who Is Rigoberta Menchú?, focuses on the treatment of the Guatemalan Nobel Peace Prize winner.
His latest book, The Empire of Necessity: Slavery, Freedom, and Deception in the New World, is a study of the factual basis for the novella Benito Cereno by Herman Melville. Fordlandia was named one of the best books of the year by The New York Times, The New Yorker; NPR; The Boston Globe; San Francisco Chronicle; and the Chicago Tribune.