Mohl, Raymond A.

Raymond A. Mohl is a historian of modern America and professor of history at the University of Alabama-Birmingham. His research focuses primarily on urban, ethnic, and social history. He was the founding editor of the Journal of Urban History in 1974, and he is a past president of the Urban History Association. He is author and/or editor of a dozen books, including South of the South: Jewish Activists and the Civil Rights Movement in Miami, 1945-1960 (2004), Searching for the Sunbelt: Historical Perspectives on A Region (1990), The New City: Urban American in the Industrial Age, 1860-1920 (1986), and Poverty in New York, 1783-1825 (1971). Mohl's research related to Florida has focused on race relations and urban planning, particularly in Miami and Dade County.

From the guide to the Raymond Mohl Research Papers, 1951-2009, (Special and Area Studies Collections, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida)