Background
Novick, Peter was born on July 26, 1934 in Jersey City. Son of Michael and Esther (Liebman) Novick.
Novick, Peter was born on July 26, 1934 in Jersey City. Son of Michael and Esther (Liebman) Novick.
Bachelor of Science, Columbia University, 1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1965.
He was best known for writing: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession and The Holocaust in American Life. The latter title has also been published as The Holocaust and Collective Memory, especially for non-United States anglophonic markets. He died in 2012 in Chicago of lung cancer.
: The "Objectivity Question" and the American Historical Profession questions the origins and prevalence of the notion of objectivity in current and 20th century history.
lieutenant focuses on developments in university history departments within the United States, though it traces the concept of objectivity in history"s origins back to 19th century Germany and Leopold von Ranke.
With United States Army, 1953-1955. Member American History Association.
Married Carroll Ott, July 10, 1957 (divorced 1962). Married Joan Kroll, May 24, 1964. 1 child, Michael.