Remembering America’s Child Labor Crisis and the Women Reformers Who Opposed It
In the last couple of years, Americans have rediscovered child labor. The Nation reported that…
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What’s in the September Issue of the Journal of American History?
The September issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in…
Resisting the Lonely Historian
I long imagined writing as a lonely endeavor. My vision was of an individual bent…
The Peculiar World of American Sheriffs
I didn’t set out to write about sheriffs. I was working on a history of…
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…
What’s in the March Issue of the Journal of American History?
The March issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in…
2024 JAH Women’s History Index
In honor of Women’s History Month, we are pleased to reissue the JAH Women’s History…
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…