Description
Henry Farnham May, Professor of History at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1952 until his retirement in 1980, is the fifth memoirist in the oral history series documenting the Department of History. He brings the perspective of an Americanist who developed the field of American intellectual history at Berkeley. He comments both as a major figure in developing the strengths and reputation of the department in the postwar years and as a student of history at Berkeley in the more provincial but fondly remembered 1930s. And he brings to bear his astute historical analysis as he looks back as a participant / observer at the troubling but exciting Berkeley of the sixties.