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20th Century

The Author’s Corner with James Chappel

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 31, 2024

James Chappel is Gilhuly Family Associate Professor of History at Duke University. This interview is based on his new book, Golden Years: How Americans Invented and Reinvented Old Age (Basic Books, 2024). JF: What led you to write Golden Years? […]

A historian of fascism changes his mind. Yes, Trump is a fascist.

John Fea   |  October 24, 2024

Check out Elisabeth Zerofsky’s piece at The New York Times on historian Robert Paxton. It looks like John Kelly may be right. Here is a taste: Paxton, who is 92, is one of the foremost American experts on fascism and […]

The Author’s Corner with Melissa Blair

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 15, 2023

Melissa Blair is Associate Professor and Department Chair of History at Auburn University. This interview is based on her new book, Bringing Home the White House: The Hidden History of Women who Shaped the Presidency in the Twentieth Century (University […]

The Author’s Corner with Richard N. Langlois

Rachel Petroziello   |  June 23, 2023

Richard N. Langlois is Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut. This interview is based on his new book, The Corporation and the Twentieth Century: The History of American Business Enterprise (Princeton University Press, 2023). JF: What led you […]

The Author’s Corner with Jennifer Helgren

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 19, 2023

Jennifer Helgren is Professor of History and Chair of the History Department at University of the Pacific. This interview is based on her new book, The Camp Fire Girls: Gender, Race, and American Girlhood, 1910–1980 (University of Nebraska Press, 2022). JF: […]

Historian Lizabeth Cohen on why Americans love to shop

John Fea   |  November 30, 2021

Here is the Harvard historian‘s recent interview with NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly: KELLY: We’re glad to have you with us. I want to go back and try to figure out how this started that Americans became such champion consumers. And […]