“An unrelinquished claim and vested interest…”: A Conversation with John David Waiheʻe III, Former Governor of Hawai‘i, on the U.S. Apology to the Hawaiian People
In light of the recent 30th anniversary of the U.S. Apology to the Hawaiian people,…
Author J. Kēhaulani Kauanui
A Decisive Influence: The American Public’s Role in Financial Regulation
In the twenty-first century, Americans have generally left questions of financial policy to such experts…
2024 JAH Women’s History Index
In honor of Women’s History Month, we are pleased to reissue the JAH Women’s History…
Celebrating Combahee at Fifty: Black Feminism, Socialism, Race, and Sexuality
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Combahee River Collective, Process calls…
Imperial Feasting: Representations of Food and Consumption in the Political Cartoons of the Spanish-American War of 1898
This piece is part of Process’s series on U.S. intervention in Latin America. If you…
2024 JAH African American History Index
In honor of Black History Month, we at the Journal of American History are pleased to…
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…
What’s in the December Issue of the Journal of American History?
The December issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in…
(Trans)American History across Borders
I am often asked why a historian from France would study the history of California.…
Hesitancy against Hope: Reactions to the First Polio Vaccine
Looking back on the COVID-19 pandemic, we reflect on the importance of the vaccine and…