Michael Denning (born 1954) is an American cultural historian and William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American Studies at Yale University. His work has been influential in shaping the field of American Studies by importing and interpreting the work of British Cultural Studies theorists. Although he received his Ph. D. from Yale University and studied with Fredric Jameson, perhaps the greatest influence on his work is the time he spent at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies working with Stuart Hall.

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– Noise Uprising: The Audiopolitics of a World Musical Revolution, Verso, 2015
– Culture in the Age of Three Worlds, Verso, 2004
– The Cultural Front: The Laboring of American Culture in the Twentieth Century, Verso, 1997
– Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America Mechanic Accents: Dime Novels and Working Class Culture in America, Haymarket, 1987
– Cover Stories: Narrative and Ideology in the British Spy Thriller, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987