Slave Consumption in the Old South: A Double-Edged Sword
Crossposted from The American Historian Online. By the Civil War’s last weary winter, Confederate Richmond,…
Author Kathleen Hilliard
Labor History and Passenger Outrage in the U.S. Airline Industry
During the Spring of 2017, the U.S. airline industry became the target of widespread public…
It’s History of Capitalism Month at Process
It’s history of capitalism month at Process! Inspired by The American Historian’s May issue on…
Where Infrastructure Takes Us
Infrastructure is both one of our most important political issues, and also one of the…
The Forms of History: The Organization of American Historians 2018 Meeting and the Future of Academic Conferencing
nationThe main activity of the Annual Meeting for historians has changed little since it was…
Reflections on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
In February 2009, Captain Charles Moore of the Al-ga-lita Marine Research Foundation spoke at TED…
Environmental History and the U.S. Survey Course
As April to turns to May and the Earth’s day, week, and month recede, I…
Bureaucrats as Activists: A Revisionist Take on Conservation
It is easy to think of bureaucrats and activists as inherently opposed to one another.…
What’s in the May Issue of The American Historian?
Here’s a quick preview of the newest issue of The American Historian: The May 2017…
Teaching American History in Qatar
Residing outside the United States provides a host of opportunities and challenges for an American…