James T. Patterson

James T. Patterson

James T. Patterson was born in 1936, James T. Patterson has written at least 6 books. Their most popular book is Grand Expectations with 14 saves with an average rating of 4⭐.

Author Bio

James T. Patterson is Ford Foundation Professor of History Emeritus at Brown University. His many works include two entries in the Oxford History of the United States series—Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974, which won a Bancroft Prize, and Restless Giant: The United State from Watergate to Bush v. Gore --as well as Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy and Freedom Is Not Enough: The Moynihan Report and America’s Struggle over Black Family Life—from LBJ to Obama.

Grand Expectations

#8 of 9 in The Oxford History of the United States

Grand Expectations
ByJames T. Patterson

1996 • 14 Readers • 848 pages 4

Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush V. Gore

#9 of 9 in The Oxford History of the United States

2005 • 11 Readers • 497 pages

Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy

20 Pivotal Moments in American History

2001 • 1 Reader • 319 pages

The Eve of Destruction

The Eve of Destruction
ByJames T. Patterson