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The Perkinson Files

By K.C. Johnson

UPI received two negative reviews from what, at first blush, could be considered expected sources. One came from The Independent: no one would have expected the Triangle?s alternative weekly to suddenly abandon its demagogic view of the lacrosse case. The second, however, came from The Nation?a publication with a distinguished history of championing dissenting thought. For its review, The Nation turned to Robert Perkinson, an assistant professor in American Studies from the University of Hawai?i. His website states that ?student activism??in such issues as the Yale graduate student union movement, a cause célèbre among ?activists? in the academy??originally kindled Perkinson?s desire to become a historian, and he remains committed to political engagement beyond the academy...continue to full post

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