Godfrey Hodgson

Godfrey Hodgson (1 February 1934 27 January 2021) was an English journalist and historian who covered and studied American politics and civil society. As a journalist he worked across television and print, working for organizations including ''The Times, The Observer, Sunday Times, ITV,'' and ''Channel 4 News''. As an author, he wrote extensively on American society, politics, and values in books including ''American Melodrama'' (1969), ''America in Our Time: From World War II to Nixon'' (1976), ''World Turned Right Side Up'' (1996) and ''More Equal Than Others'' (2004). Through his work he covered America from the 1960s through the 2000s, spanning the civil rights movement, establishment of the liberal consensus, and the rising global and domestic conservatism. He had degrees from University of Oxford and University of Pennsylvania. Provided by Wikipedia