Background:
GEORGE W. HOPKINS (U.S. History, 20th Century, Urban, Labor, Vietnam War) received his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976 and joined the College of Charleston that fall. Co-editor of South Atlantic Urban Studies, Vols. III-V, 1979-81, he has published in American urban, labor, and social history. His most recent publication is "Historians and the Vietnam War: The Conflict Over Interpretations Continues," Studies in American Culture, Vol. XXIII:2, October 2000. which won the Jerome Stern Award for best article published in the journal in 2000. He is currently completing a study of "The Miners For Democracy: Insurgency and Reform in the United Mine Workers of America, 1970-1981."

“We Were Soldiers: Hollywood and Vietnam Revisited,” presented at the joint national meeting of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association in New Orleans, LA

Contact:
George Hopkins, Professor of History, Director Urban Studies
Office: Maybank 314
Phone: 953-8032
Email:hopkinsg@cofc.edu

Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1976
20th Century U.S., Urban, Labor, Vietnam War
30 Years of Service to the college Award May 2006

Courses:
American Labor History

History of the U.S.:Cold War America, 1945 -present
ST: Vietnam War
20th C. U.S. Social Movement,

Fall 2008:
URST 201
HIST 211.001