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Black legislators behind the title "The Future of Reconstruction Studies."

The Future of Reconstruction Studies

This online forum sponsored by the Journal of the Civil War Era features 9 essays and a roundtable on the future of Reconstruction Studies.
by Eric Foner, Nancy Bercaw, W. Fitzhugh Brundage, Thomas J. Brown, Mark A. Noll, Thomas C. Holt, Lisa Tetrault, Martha S. Jones, Kidada E. Williams, Salamishah Tillet, Adrienne Petty, Luke E. Harlow, Elliott West, David M. Prior, Beverly Bond, Jennifer W. Taylor via Muster on August 1, 2017

Asking the Tough Questions With an 18th-Century Debate Society

Is polygamy justifiable? Is it lawful to eat swine's flesh?
by Sarah Laskow via Atlas Obscura on July 24, 2017
Map displaying Francis Parkman Jr's route on the Oregon Trail.

Native History: Harvard Rich Kid Starts Research for ‘Oregon Trail’

On June 15, 1846, Francis Parkman Jr., a young, Harvard-educated historian, arrived at Fort Laramie, Wyoming, to begin his journey along the Oregon Trail.
by Alysa Landry via Indian Country Today on June 15, 2017
Cover of Rafael Rojas' new book.

Words Are the Weapons, the Weapons Must Go

A new book recovers long-suppressed alternative politics.
by Patrick Iber via Los Angeles Review of Books on April 28, 2016
Prince Wichaichan, also known as Prince George Washington

George Washington at the Siamese Court

Ross Bullen explores the curious case of Prince George Washington, a 19th-century Siamese prince.
by Ross Bullen via The Public Domain Review on April 21, 2016
John Winthrop
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Invisible Cities

On John Winthrop’s oft-misunderstood use of the phrase “a city upon a hill” to describe the New World.
via BackStory on January 22, 2016

Will the Real Henry “Box” Brown Please Stand Up?

New information on Henry Box Brown, an enslaved man who would turn escape into an art form.
by Martha J. Cutter via Commonplace on September 1, 2015
A collage of a still from "All in the Family" on a stylized television with another television in the background.

Fandom's Great Divide

The schism isn't between TV viewers who love a show and those who hate it—it’s between those who love it in very different ways.
by Emily Nussbaum via The New Yorker on March 31, 2014
Pony Express postage stamp depicting man riding horse
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You've Got Mail

The rise and fall of the Post Office from Tocqueville to Fred Rogers.
via BackStory on December 7, 2012
Woody Guthrie.

This Land Is Our Land

The Popular Front and American culture.
by Michael Kazin via Humanities on May 1, 2011
Emma Goldman.

Emma Goldman’s “Anarchism Without Adjectives”

The writings of Emma Goldman entered the public domain. Here is an introduction to Goldman's life and her particular brand of anarchism.
by Kathy Ferguson via The Public Domain Review on January 12, 2011
The Pirates’ Ruse, early 19th century engraving, depicting people standing on deck in view of another ship pretend everything is normal, while armed pirates hide out of view of a nearby American vessel.

The Poetics of History from Below

All good storytellers tell a big story within a little story, and so do all good historians.
by Marcus Rediker via Perspectives on History on September 1, 2010
A man making fists, ready to box.

Storm of Blows

In the 1890s, boxing went from lower class brawling to upper class show of masculinity.
by Melissa Haley via Commonplace on January 1, 2003
Cartoon depictinf a man pouring a bowl of sugar babies in front of a group of onlookers.

Birchismo

Culture-shocked Americans in the 1960s were all too happy to take directions from the John Birch Society: take an extreme right and drive forever.
by Dan Kelly via The Baffler on December 16, 1999

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