Sean Wilentz

Robert Sean Wilentz (; born February 20, 1951) is an American historian who serves as the George Henry Davis 1886 Professor of American History at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1979. His primary research interests include U.S. social, civic, and political history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has written several award-winning books and articles, including ''The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln'', which was awarded the Bancroft Prize and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for History. Provided by Wikipedia