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Nicholas Berthelot Lemann is dean and Henry R. Luce professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism in New York City.

Lemann is from New Orleans and he graduated from Harvard University in 1976, but has never attended a school of journalism. He is a journalist, editor, and author of several books on 20th century United States history. He has also been:
  • Managing editor of the Washington Monthly
  • associate editor and executive editor of the Texas Monthly
  • a national staff reporter for The Washington Post
  • a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly
  • a staff writer for The New Yorker
  • President of The Harvard Crimson
Lemann is a member of the Council on the Future of Media. This council is "championing a new global, independent news and information service whose role is to inform, educate and improve the state of the world- one that would take advantage of all platforms of content deliveryfrom mobile to satellite and online to create a new global network."

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Total Books: 23
Transaction Man Traders Disrupters and the Dismantling of MiddleClass America
Transaction Man The Rise of the Deal and the Decline of the American Dream
The Promised Land The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
2008 - The Promised Land the Great Black Migration and How It Changed America (Other)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781439505052
ISBN-10: 1439505055
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Redemption The Last Battle of the Civil War
2007 - Redemption the Last Battle of the Civil War (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780374530693
ISBN-10: 0374530696
Genre: History
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
 2

The Best American Magazine Writing 2005
2005 - The Best American Magazine Writing 2005 [Best American Magazine Writing] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780231137805
ISBN-10: 023113780X
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Reference
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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The Big Test  The Secret History of the American Meritocracy
2000 - The Big Test the Secret History of the American Meritocracy (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780374527518
ISBN-10: 0374527512
Genres: History, Nonfiction
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 3

The Big Test The Secret History of the American Meritocracy
1999 - The Big Test the Secret History of the American Meritocracy (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9780374299842
ISBN-10: 0374299846
Genres: History, Nonfiction
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 2

Out of the Forties
1998 - Out of the Forties (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781560987727
ISBN-10: 1560987723
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The Promised Land
1995 - The Promised Land (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette
ISBN-13: 9780517110478
ISBN-10: 0517110474
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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The Promised Land  The Great Black Migration and How It Changed America
1992 - The Promised Land the Great Black Migration and How It Changed America (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780679733478
ISBN-10: 0679733477
Genres: History, Nonfiction
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
 6

The Fast Track
1981 - The Fast Track (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780393332070
ISBN-10: 0393332071
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