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Rachel Petroziello

The Author’s Corner with Zachary Brodt

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 4, 2023

Zachary Brodt is the University Archivist and Records Manager for the University of Pittsburgh Library System. This interview is based on his new book, From the Steel City to the White City: Western Pennsylvania and the World’s Columbian Exposition (University of […]

The Author’s Corner with Whitney Nell Stewart

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 29, 2023

Whitney Nell Stewart is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Texas at Dallas. This interview is based on her new book, This Is Our Home: Slavery and Struggle on Southern Plantations (University of North Carolina Press, 2023). JF: […]

The Author’s Corner with Aimee Loiselle

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 28, 2023

Aimee Loiselle is Assistant Professor of History at Central Connecticut State University. This interview is based on her new book, Beyond Norma Rae: How Puerto Rican and Southern White Women Fought for a Place in the American Working Class (University […]

The Author’s Corner with Emily Brooks

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 27, 2023

Emily Brooks is a Historian and Curriculum Writer at the New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools. This interview is based on her new book, Gotham’s War within a War: Policing and the Birth of Law-and-Order Liberalism in World […]

The Author’s Corner with Yael Sternhell

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 20, 2023

Yael Sternhell is Professor in the Department of History and Department of English and American Studies at Tel Aviv University. This interview is based on her new book, War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War […]

The Author’s Corner with Travis D. Boyce

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 17, 2023

Travis D. Boyce is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies at San JosĂ© State University. This interview is based on his new book, Steady and Measured: Benner C. Turner, A Black College President in the […]

The Author’s Corner with Michael A. Blaakman

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 16, 2023

Michael A. Blaakman is Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University. This interview is based on his new book, Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Speculation […]

The Author’s Corner with David Houpt

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 15, 2023

David Houpt is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington. This interview is based on his new book, To Organize the Sovereign People: Political Mobilization in Revolutionary Pennsylvania (University of Virginia Press, 2023). JF: What led […]

The Author’s Corner with John Wigger

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 14, 2023

John Wigger is Professor of History at the University of Missouri. This interview is based on his new book, The Hijacking of American Flight 119: How D.B. Cooper Inspired a Skyjacking Craze and the FBI’s Battle to Stop It (Oxford […]

The Author’s Corner with Catherine McNeur

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 13, 2023

Catherine McNeur is Associate Professor of History at Portland State University. This interview is based on her new book, Mischievous Creatures: The Forgotten Sisters Who Transformed Early American Science (Basic Books, 2023). JF: What led you to write Mischievous Creatures? […]

The Author’s Corner with Edward Gray

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 10, 2023

Edward Gray is Professor of History at Florida State University. This interview is based on his new book, Mason-Dixon: Crucible of the Nation (Harvard University Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Mason-Dixon? EG: After writing two short biographical studies, […]

The Author’s Corner with Dario Fazzi

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 9, 2023

Dario Fazzi is Professor of Transatlantic Environmental History at Leiden University. This interview is based on his new book, Smoke on the Water: Incineration at Sea and the Birth of a Transatlantic Environmental Movement (Columbia University Press, 2023). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Matthew Ward

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 8, 2023

Matthew Ward is Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Dundee. This interview is based on his new book, Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023). […]

The Author’s Corner with William C. Harris

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 7, 2023

William C. Harris is Professor Emeritus of History at North Carolina State University. This interview is based on his new book, Confederate Privateer: The Life of John Yates Beall (LSU Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Confederate Privateer? WH: […]

The Author’s Corner with Peter Radan

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 6, 2023

Peter Radan is Honorary Professor of Law at Macquarie University. This interview is based on his new book, Creating a More Perfect Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, the Constitution, and Secession in Antebellum America (University Press of Kansas, 2023). JF: What led you to write […]

The Author’s Corner with William Jennings

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 3, 2023

William Jennings is Senior Lecturer of French and Deputy Head of School of Arts at the University of Waikato. This interview is based on his new book, Dibia’s World: Life on an Early Sugar Plantation (Liverpool University Press, 2023). JF: […]

The Author’s Corner with Fergus Bordewich

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 30, 2023

Fergus Bordewich is an independent historian and writer. This interview is based on his new book, Klan War: Ulysses S. Grant and the Battle to Save Reconstruction (Knopf, 2023). JF: What led you to write Klan War? FB: Many of my […]

The Author’s Corner with James M. Thomas

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 12, 2023

James M. Thomas is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Mississippi. This interview is based on his new book, The Souls of Jewish Folk: W. E. B. Du Bois, Anti-Semitism, and the Color Line (University of […]

The Author’s Corner with Stephen D. Engle

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 2, 2023

Stephen D. Engle is Professor of History and Associate Provost for Academic Personnel at Florida Atlantic University. This interview is based on his new book, In Pursuit of Justice: The Life of John Albion Andrew (University of Massachusetts Press, 2023). […]

The Author’s Corner with Alexandra Filindra

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 29, 2023

Alexandra Filindra is Associate Professor of Political Science and Psychology at the University of Illinois, Chicago. This interview is based on her new book, Race, Rights, and Rifles: The Origins of the NRA and Contemporary Gun Culture (University of Chicago […]

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