Elizabeth S. Blackmar
| Title | Professor |
| Department | History |
| eb16@columbia.edu | |
| Phone | +1 212 854 3016 |
| Address | Room 323 Fayerweather Box 1 Fayerweather Mail Code: 2501 United States |
| Biography | Elizabeth Blackmar, professor, specializes in social and urban history. She received her B.A. from Smith (1972) and her Ph.D. from Harvard (1981). Her publications include The Park and the People: A History of Central Park (with Roy Rosenzweig, 1992) and Manhattan for Rent, 1785-1850 (1989). Her recent articles include “Of REITS and Rights: Absentee Ownership at the Periphery” in City, Country, Empire: Landscapes in Environmental History (2005) and “Appropriating the Commons: The Tragedy of Property Rights Discourse” in The Politics of Public Space (2005). |
