Public Roads in the Slave State Archive
In my December 2024 JAH article, I wrote about the history of “bad roads” in…
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Making Sense of History, Then and Now
Imagine writing on a topic you know well but relying on a method that has…
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…
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…
Call for Papers: Sensory History
Process invites proposals and submissions for an upcoming series on sensory history. We are open…
On “The Environmental Protection Agency, Sewer Infrastructure, and the Racialized Geography of the United States”
Nothing motivates me to write as much as anger. My June 2024 Journal of American…
Reflections on the Geopolitical Roots of U.S. Student Loan Debt
The emergence of student loan debt in the late 1960s can be situated within a…
Major League Baseball’s Historical Quest to Entice Middle- and Upper-Class Fans to the Park
This piece is a response to our call for submissions, Histories of Sport. For our submission…
Denial, Distraction, Doubt, and Deceit on the Road to Scientific Disinformation
To this day, many in the United States recall the 1950s as the height of…
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…