The things people had once held against her… unconventional beauty…un-American elegance, the taste for French clothes and French food-were suddenly no longer liabilities but assets.
Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Quotes
Science and technology revolutionize our lives, but memory, tradition and myth frame our response. Expelled from individual consciousness by the rush of change, history finds its revenge by stamping the collective unconsciousness with habits, values, expectations, dreams. The dialectic between past and future will continue to form our lives.
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| Birth: | 15th October, 1917 |
| Death: | 28th February, 2007 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Historian, Writer |
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Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. was an American historian and social critic. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. His work explored the liberalism of American political leaders, especially that of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. He served as Special Assistant and Court Historian to the President in John F. Kennedy's administration. He wrote a lot about the Kennedy administration. These writings have the title A Thousand Days.
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