Call for Papers: Histories of Aging and Elderly Lives
Process invites proposals and submissions for an upcoming series on the elderly in U.S. history.…
Browsing: JAH
Historians and the Strange, Fluid World of Nineteenth-Century Politics
In the December 2023 issue of the Journal of American History, Rachel A. Shelden and Erik B.…
Truths and Lies in the Realm of the Reasonable
I began research for my article, “Lies, Larceny, and the Christian Zulu Prince,” before the…
The Shelf Life of Trump
When I wrote “Setting the Table: Historians, Popular Food Writers, and Food History” for the Journal of…
What’s in the December Issue of the Journal of American History?
The December issue of the Journal of American History is now online for subscribers. Included…
Imagining Futures: Architecture, Planning, and the Black Power Movement
Brian D. Goldstein’s open-access article, “‘The Search for New Forms’: Black Power and the Making…
Teaching the JAH: Robert Michael Morrissey on “The Power of the Ecotone”
“Rethinking early Native American history is a difficult enterprise,” Robert Morrissey argues. “Myths and stereotypes…
Announcing the June JAH: “Historians and the Carceral State”
We are pleased to announce the publication of the June 2015 issue of the Journal of…
Thompson and Hernandez: Historians and the Carceral State
June’s special issue of the Journal of American History focuses on “Historians and the Carceral State.” The…
Teaching the JAH: Emily Remus and “Tippling Ladies”
“In American cities today, at practically any moment, one can easily find women enjoying alcohol…