Beverly Gage

Beverly Gage is a professor of history at Yale University and the author of The Day Wall Street Exploded (Oxford, 2009). Her next book, a biography of J. Edgar Hoover, will be published by Viking.

HistoryApril 27, 2016

America’s Long Hangover

How did Prohibition turn into a law-enforcement extravaganza?

Beverly Gage
HistoryDecember 18, 2013

Who Didn’t Kill JFK?

Kennedy’s presidency and assassination seem more elusive as the decades pass.

Beverly Gage
CultureAugust 22, 2012

Behind the Bureau: On the FBI

Tim Weiner’s Enemies is not so much a history of the FBI as a compendium of interesting historical material.

Beverly Gage
FilmNovember 30, 2011

The Real J. Edgar

Clint Eastwood’s cinematic exploration of the FBI chief’s rise to power is little more than a comforting myth.

Beverly Gage
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PoliticsNovember 10, 2000

Indian Country, NY

A land-claim suit is pitting Oneidas against other upstate residents.

Beverly Gage