Black Power, American Democracy, and Dreams of Citizenship
In honor of Black History Month, we at the Journal of American History are pleased…
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Beyond Big Stick: Elihu Root’s visit to Rio de Janeiro (1906)
“It is on account of the desire of the American people to exhibit their friendship…
Presidential Misconduct, Historians, and History
Forty-five years ago, I was a member of the history faculty at Princeton. At that…
What’s in the December Issue of the Journal of American History?
The December 2019 issue of The Journal of American History is now available online for…
Hoboken is Burning: A Conversation on Gentrification, Arson, and Displacement
American cities in the 1970s and 1980s are usually understood as sites of decline and…
Rethinking Global Inequality Venezuela and the Rise and Fall of the New International Economic Order
Explanations for Venezuela’s descent into dictatorship and humanitarian crisis usually begin in 1973, when OPEC…
Remembering Race in Virginia
On July 30, 2019, exactly four hundred years after the inaugural meeting of the Virginia…
The End of Three Mile Island
On September 20th of this year, the Three Mile Island (TMI) Unit One nuclear power…
Beyond Harriet African American Women's Work in the Underground Railroad
This November, Focus Features will release the anticipated movie Harriet in theaters worldwide. In promoting…
“Who Remembers the Panic of 1819?”
In the United States, a nation full of monuments to fallen soldiers, there are few…