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Interview – Matthew Frye Jacobson on Why I Became a Historian
By Randall Stephens This article originally appeared on the blog The Historical Society on May 29, 2013. Matthew Frye Jacobson, interviewed in the video posted here, is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Studies and History at Yale University. He is the outgoing president of the American Studies Association. He’s also the author of What Have They Built You … Continue reading
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MORE PERFECT UNIONS: The American Search for Marital Bliss. By Rebecca L. Davis. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 2010. In her meticulously researched history of marriage counseling in the United States, Davis examines the profession from its origins in the 1920s and 1930s to its status in the present day. Incorporating material from advice manuals, professional … Continue reading
Erica Hannickel, Assistant Professor of Environmental History at Northland College Northland College, a small college on the south shore of Lake Superior, where I have worked for the past five years, began its transition to an “integrated” (or “blocked”) liberal education program just as I arrived. Long defining itself as an “environmental liberal arts college,” … Continue reading
JOHN BROWN STILL LIVES: America’s Long Reckoning with Violence, Equality, and Change. By R. Blakeslee Gilpin. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 2011. John Brown, it turns out, is an empty signifier. Since his execution on December 2, 1859, his memory has been placed in the service of countless political projects. He has … Continue reading
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