American History as North American and African Diaspora History
My JAH article “Bridging Borders,” much like my book Cross-Border Cosmopolitans: The Making of a…
Browsing: Research
Propaganda for the World; Propaganda for the Enemy
This piece is a response to our Call for Submissions, Ending the Forgotten War: The…
Shock and Awe 20 Years Later: The Iraq War in the History of U.S. Empire
The twentieth anniversary of the Iraq War provides an important opportunity to pierce the fog…
Mapping the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act
Digital history projects not only contribute to scholarly debates by approaching familiar questions from new…
The Iraq War and the Idea of Totalitarianism
U.S. President George W. Bush (at podium) discusses his plan for peace in the Middle…
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…
Employer Organizing: The Importance of Hobnobbing
As depicted in this cartoon from Square Deal, a magazine published by the Citizens’ Industrial…
“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…