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Propaganda for the World; Propaganda for the Enemy
This piece is a response to our Call for Submissions, Ending the Forgotten War: The Korean War Armistice at Seventy. For…
On “The U.S. Culture Wars Abroad: Liberal-Evangelical Rivalry and Decolonization in Southern Africa, 1968–1994”
The problem of the archive is a well-worn topic for historians. But sometimes the sheer contingency of the historical record—what…
Beyond Miss America 1968: A Feminist History
Alix Kates Shulman Papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University. Photograph copyright Alix Kates Shulman; used…
Why the Portuguese Restoration of 1640 Matters to the History of American Slavery
Where did American slavery come from? Sweeping questions like that rarely yield clear answers, least of all from nuance-loving historians…
Major League Baseball’s Historical Quest to Entice Middle- and Upper-Class Fans to the Park
This piece is a response to our call for submissions, Histories of Sport. For our submission guidelines, click here. In June,…
Fifty Years of Combahee River Collective
This piece is a response to our call for submissions, Celebrating Combahee at Fifty: Black Feminism, Socialism, Race, and Sexuality. For…
Reflections on the Geopolitical Roots of U.S. Student Loan Debt
The emergence of student loan debt in the late 1960s can be situated within a broader shift towards neoliberal governance,…
What’s in the September Issue of the Journal of American History?
The September issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in print. Included are articles by…
