Robin blackburn biography

Background.
Robin Blackburn is a British historian, a former editor of New Left Review, and emeritus professor in the department of sociology at Essex University.
Biography.

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Blackburn, Robin 1940-

PERSONAL: Born March 6, 1940, in Camberley, Surrey, England; son of Raymond and Barbara Blackburn. Education: London School of Economics and Political Science (London, England), B.Sc., 1965; graduate study at Nuffield College, Oxford, 1965-67. Politics: Socialist.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—Department of Sociology, University of Essex, Colchester C04 3SQ, England. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, lecturer in sociology, 1967-69; Polytechnic of Central London, London, lecturer in sociology, 1976-88; University of Essex, Colchester, England, became professor. New Left Books (publisher; now Verso), London, consulting editor, 1970—; New Left Review, London, member of editorial committee, 1962—, editor, 1981-89. Visiting professor at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1974, 1976, and 1978. Honorary fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, 1988—; fellow, Woodrow Wilson/International Center for Scholars, Washington DC, 1993-94; academic appointments at F

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Robin Blackburn

British historian and former editor of New Left Review

Robin Blackburn (born 1940) is a British historian, a former editor of New Left Review (1983–1999), and emeritus professor in the department of sociology at Essex University.

Background

Blackburn was educated at Hurstpierpoint College, Oxford University and the London School of Economics. Between 2001 and 2010, he was distinguished visiting professor of historical studies at The New School in New York City. He is an emeritus professor in the department of sociology at Essex University.^[1] He has been a regular contributor to New Left Review since 1962, and he was the journal editor from 1983 to 1999.^[2]

Blackburn is an author of essays on the collapse of Soviet Communism, on the "credit crunch" of 2008, and of books on the history of slavery and on social policy. His other works, American Crucible: Slavery, Emancipation and Human Rights (2011), The Making of New World Slavery: from the Baroque to the Modern, 1492–1800 (1997) and The Overthrow of Colonial Slaver

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Blackburn, R., (2011). The Case for a Global Pension and Youth Grant. Basic Income Studies. 6 (1)

Blackburn, R., (2011). CRISIS 2.0. New Left Review (72), 33-62

Blackburn, R., (2010). State of the union marx and america's unfinished revolution. New Left Review (61), 153-174

Blackburn, R., (2010). Socialism and the current crisis. Dissent (SUMMER)

Blackburn, R., (2009). Value theory and the Chinese worker. New Left Review (56), 128-135

Blackburn, R., (2008). The subprime crisis. New Left Review (50), 63-106

Blackburn, R., (2008). For a social bailout. Nation. 286 (14), 4-6

Blackburn, R., (2007). Case for a global pension and youth grant. Economic and Political Weekly. 42 (29), 3023-3026

Blackburn, R., (2007). How to Tax the Rich: And Live Happily Ever After. Dissent. 54 (3), 63-67

Blackburn, R., (2007). Economic democracy: meaningful, desirable, feasible?. Daedalus. 136 (3), 36-45

Blackburn, R., (2007). A global pension plan. New Left Review (47), 71-92

Blackburn, R., (2007). How to Tax the rich-and live happily ever after. Dissent (SUMMER)

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