Consumed Nostalgia
Can you briefly describe your book Consumed Nostalgia? The uses and meanings of memory and nostalgia…
Browsing: Research
Dying is easy. Comedy is hard.
Chris Rasmussen graduated from Grinnell College and received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University. He is…
Sidney Mintz’s Long, Sweet Legacy
April Merleaux is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Florida International University.…
What’s in the June issue of the Journal of American History?
The June issue of the Journal of American History is now online for subscribers. Inside are articles by Patricia…
Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton Is Not Throwing Away Its Second Shot
As someone interested enough in American history to read this blog, if you haven’t recently…
Podcast: Nina Silber on Reunion and Reconciliation
In the June 2016 installment of the Journal of American History podcast, Ed Linenthal, executive editor of the Journal of American History,…
Podcast: History and Presence
In the May 2016 installment of the Journal of American History podcast, Ed Linenthal, executive editor of…
This Muslim American Life
Check out Keith Feldman’s review of This Muslim American Life in the May 2016 issue of The American…
The Historical Foundations of Abundance
Historians are so obsessed with discerning or making new “turns” these days that it may…
Cartography and Empire in Northeastern America
Could you briefly describe your dissertation project? My project, “Landscapes of Conflict: Cartography and Empire…