Background
Jane Franklin was born on April 13, 1934 in Bailey, North Carolina, United States. Her parents were Millard F. Morgan, a farmer, and Susie (Turner) Morgan, a homemaker.
Durham, NC 27708, USA
Jane Franklin received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 1955.
Durham, NC 27708, USA
Jane Franklin received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 1955.
https://www.amazon.com/Cuban-Foreign-Relations-Chronology-1959-1982/dp/B003X5ZQGW/?tag=2022091-20
1984
(This comprehensive anthology is an invaluable reference f...)
This comprehensive anthology is an invaluable reference for anyone who wants to understand the Vietnam War.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0394541340/?tag=2022091-20
1985
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1992
(A chronological history of the relationship between the U...)
A chronological history of the relationship between the United States and Cuba from the revolution in 1959 through 1995 offering a diary of historical events underscoring the tempestuous dealings between the two countries. Independent historian Franklin gives a day by day, year by year, and blow by blow account of the major crises as well as the minor and secret episodes precipitating them, CIA involvement, Soviet influences, invasions, exiles, and political policies.
https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-United-States-Chronological-History/dp/1875284923/?tag=2022091-20
1997
(The Politics of Risk Society opens a dialog between Ulric...)
The Politics of Risk Society opens a dialog between Ulrich Beck's sociology of Risk Society and key thinkers and opinion leaders from the world of politics and policy making. It explores the way we perceive risk and integrate change into our lives - insisting that these are essential forces driving policy development today.
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1997
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1999
(In this updated edition of her classic, Cuba and the Unit...)
In this updated edition of her classic, Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History, Jane Franklin depicts the two countries’ relationship from the time both were colonies to the present.
https://www.amazon.com/Cuba-U-S-Empire-Chronological-History/dp/1583676058/?tag=2022091-20
2016
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Jane Franklin was born on April 13, 1934 in Bailey, North Carolina, United States. Her parents were Millard F. Morgan, a farmer, and Susie (Turner) Morgan, a homemaker.
Jane Franklin received her Bachelor of Arts from Duke University in 1955.
Jane Franklin was a tobacco worker on a family farm from 1942 to 1951. She also was a part-time librarian at Bailey Library in Bailey, North Carolina during 1948-1951.
In 1955-1956 she was a public information representative at the United Nations, New York City.
From 1959 to 1971 Jane Franklin was a freelance typist, proofreader, editor, researcher, and writer.
In 1972 she was an assembler at the National Semiconductor in Santa Clara, California. During 1973-1974 Franklin was a legal secretary at Grossman, Ackerman & Peters (law firm) in San Francisco, California. She then worked as a news writer at WPOP (radio station) in Hartford, Connecticut in 1974-1975 and at WJDM (radio station) in Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1975-1976.
Jane Franklin was a freelance editor and indexer during 1977-1979. Besides, she was a staff member at the Center for Cuban Studies in New York City in 1980-1981. She was a pie-screening juror from 1980 to 1983 and a juror in 1983 at the American Film Festival, Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
In addition, Franklin worked as a researcher and writer at Cuba Update between 1981 and 1983 and as a co-editor from 1984 to 1990. In 1990 she became a contributing editor there.
Jane Franklin has been an author of a number of publications, including "Cuban Foreign Relations, 1959-1982", "Cuba and the United States: A Chronological History", "Vietnam and America: A Documented History" (editor), and "Cuba and the U.S.Empire: A Chronological History".
Moreover, she has been a frequent radio and television commentator on matters concerning Cuba, and has given public speeches, participates in debates, and lectures about Cuba, Vietnam, Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Panama.
Jane Franklin is best known as an American historian and scholar with a particular focus on Cuba-United States relations. Her most famous book "The Cuban Revolution and the United States: A Chronological History" (1992) is regarded as encyclopedic, systematic, and based on "extremely wide-ranging research". Moreover, her another book "Vietnam and America: A Documented History", which she co-edited, was described by The New York Times as a "valuable anthology of crucial texts and records" which "tersely replays the bitter conflict".
(A chronological history of the relationship between the U...)
1997(In this updated edition of her classic, Cuba and the Unit...)
2016(The Politics of Risk Society opens a dialog between Ulric...)
1997(This comprehensive anthology is an invaluable reference f...)
1985Jane Franklin is a proponent of solidarity between the two nations (Cuba and the United States) and an advocate of the Cuban model of healthcare. During the 1960s, she and her husband H. Bruce Franklin became radicalized because of the Vietnam War and were regarded as leaders in the anti-war movement.
Jane Franklin was a founding member and secretary of the People for Prisoners’ Art during 1978-1979 and has been a member of Phi Beta Kappa.
Jane Franklin married H. Bruce Franklin, an English professor, on February 11, 1956. They have three children - Karen, Gretchen, and Robert.
