What is the State of American Political History?
Fredrik Logevall and Kenneth Osgood’s recent opinion piece, “Why Did We Stop Teaching Political History?”…
Browsing: Research
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! This issue features an…
Muscular Christianity
Could you briefly describe your project? My project focuses on the history of muscular Christianity…
Peace Corps Fantasies
Can you briefly describe your book? My book is a cultural history of the 1960s…
Grounds for Dreaming
Can you briefly describe your book? My book Grounds for Dreaming takes readers into the…
Hearing History through the Sounds of Sesame Street
Could you briefly describe your project? I use the sounds of Sesame Street, a children’s…
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…
Consumed Nostalgia
Can you briefly describe your book Consumed Nostalgia? The uses and meanings of memory and nostalgia…
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.…