# Lawrence B. Glickman

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## Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor in American Studies

### Overview

Lawrence Glickman is the Stephen and Evalyn Milman Professor of American Studies in the Department of History. He is the author or editor of five  books, including ***Free Enterprise: An American History*** (2019) and *Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America* (2009). He also writes on public affairs for the ***Washington Post, Boston Review, Dissent,*** and other periodicals. At Cornell, he teaches a popular course on “Sports and Politics in American History” and a variety of lecture and seminar courses on political, cultural, and intellectual history and he is a core faculty member in the History of Capitalism Initiative.

## In the news

- [Humanities scholars research free speech, AI, sports culture and the Supreme Court](/news/humanities-scholars-research-free-speech-ai-sports-culture-and-supreme-court)
- [What to read in 2022? A&S faculty weigh in](/news/what-read-2022-faculty-weigh)
- [Business-GOP alliance fraying as CEOs oppose voting limits](/news/business-gop-alliance-fraying-ceos-oppose-voting-limits)
- [Final ‘Racism in America’ webinar on April 27 to focus on our economic system](/news/final-racism-america-webinar-april-27-focus-our-economic-system)
- [COVID-19 impact: Lawrence Glickman on crisis at hyperspeed](/news/covid-19-impact-lawrence-glickman-crisis-hyperspeed)
- [The conservative campaign against safety](/news/conservative-campaign-against-safety)
- [Opinion: Why President Trump used lynching as a metaphor](/news/opinion-why-president-trump-used-lynching-metaphor)
- [The left is pushing Democrats to embrace their greatest president. Why that’s a good thing.](/news/left-pushing-democrats-embrace-their-greatest-president-why-thats-good-thing)
- [Boycotts won't weaken the NRA's bottom line – but that's not the point](/news/boycotts-wont-weaken-nras-bottom-line-thats-not-point)
- [Historian to deliver Seymour Lecture on political activism of athletes](/news/historian-deliver-seymour-lecture-political-activism-athletes)
- [Former NBA player to discuss athletes and activism in Feb. 27 lecture](/news/former-nba-player-discuss-athletes-and-activism-feb-27-lecture)
- [Arts & Sciences faculty offer summer adventures](/news/arts-sciences-faculty-offer-summer-adventures)
- [New interdisciplinary initiative explores capitalism](/news/new-interdisciplinary-initiative-explores-capitalism)

## Courses - Spring 2026

- [AMST 1540 : American Capitalism](https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP26/class/AMST/1540)