The Iraq War and the Idea of Totalitarianism
U.S. President George W. Bush (at podium) discusses his plan for peace in the Middle…
Author Joseph Stieb
What’s in the June Issue of the Journal of American History?
The June issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in print.…
Underage Service, Household Economies, and the Union War Effort
The American Civil War is a remarkably well-documented conflict, especially on the U.S. side, fought…
Digital Queers: How Computers Transformed LGBTQ Life in the United States
Initial advertisement for GenderNet, the first Bulletin Board System specifically for transgender individuals. Originally published…
Call for Submissions: Pacific Islander Histories
Hui Aloha ʻĀina o Na Wahine or the Hawaiian Patriotic League for Women, which petitioned…
Employer Organizing: The Importance of Hobnobbing
As depicted in this cartoon from Square Deal, a magazine published by the Citizens’ Industrial…
Ending the Forgotten War: The Korean War Armistice at Seventy
On July 27th, 1953, the Armistice Agreement for the Restoration of the South Korean…
“Free Our Siblings, Free Ourselves:” Historicizing Trans Activism in the U.S., 1952–1992
This article originally appeared in the May 2019 issue of The American Historian. Recent years…
The Iraq War’s Legacies for Women in Combat
On March 20, 2005, two years to the day after U.S. forces invaded Iraq, Army…
In Pursuit of Merchant Status: The Migration Strategy of Early Twentieth Chinese Restaurant Owners under Chinese Exclusion
This post originally appeared in the Fall 2022 issue of The American Historian. In 1921,…