| FB-50681-04 | Research Programs: Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Melvin I. Urofsky | Biography of Louis Dembitz Brandeis | 1/1/2005 - 9/30/2005 | $40,000.00 | Melvin | I. | Urofsky | | | | Virginia Commonwealth University | Richmond | VA | 23284-9005 | USA | 2003 | History, General | Fellowships for College Teachers and Independent Scholars | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
Since the publication of the Letters of Louis D. Brandeis beginning in 1971, there has been an explosion of monographic studies about different facets of his career. I propose to write a new biography of Brandeis, taking into account not only the secondary literature, but a great deal of manuscript material that has become available over the last two decades. I believe that Brandeis had four distinct careers--a successful attorney at the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, a progressive reformer, a Zionist, and a Supreme Court justice--and that these careers, as well as his personal life, constitute what Paul Freund described as "a mind of one piece." Utilizing new primary and secondary sources, I want to show how each of Brandeis's "careers" influenced the others, how his Zionism connected to his progressive philosophy, how his career as a lawyer informed his work on the Supreme Court, and his professional and private lives intertwined. |