Eran A. Zelnik is a Lecturer in the Department of History at California State University, Chico. This interview is based on his new book, American Laughter, American Fury: Humor and the Making of a White Man’s Democracy, 1750–1850 (Johns Hopkins […]
American culture
The Author’s Corner with James Chappel
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? […]
The Author’s Corner with Michael O’Malley
Michael O’Malley is Professor of History at George Mason University. This interview is based on his new book, The Color of Family: History, Race, and the Politics of Ancestry (University of Chicago Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write […]
Trump is us
Carlos Lozada of The New York Times thinks we should stop pretending that Donald Trump is not who we are. Here is a taste: Trump is very much part of who we are. Nearly 63 million Americans voted for him […]
The Author’s Corner with Brett Bannor
Brett Bannor is the manager of Animal Collections at the Atlanta History Center. This interview is based on his new book, American Sheep: A Cultural History (University of Georgia Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write American Sheep? BB: […]
The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth L. Block
Elizabeth L. Block is an art historian and a Senior Editor in the Publications and Editorial Department at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. This interview is based on her new book, Beyond Vanity: The History and Power […]
The Author’s Corner with Rebecca L. Davis
Rebecca L. Davis is Miller Family Early Career Professor of History and Associate Professor of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Delaware. This interview is based on her new book, Fierce Desires: A New History of Sex and […]
The Author’s Corner with Steven Watts
Steven Watts is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Missouri. This interview is based on his new book, Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People (Cambridge University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Citizen Cowboy? […]
The Author’s Corner with Aaron W. Marrs
Aaron W. Marrs is on the staff of the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State. This interview is based on his new book, The American Transportation Revolution: A Social and Cultural History (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024). […]
The Author’s Corner with Rebecca Wellington
Rebecca Wellington is a Clinical Instructor and Director of Field Placements in the School of Education at the University of Puget Sound. This interview is based on her new book, Who Is a Worthy Mother?: An Intimate History of Adoption […]
The Author’s Corner with Dean Lampros
Dean Lampros is Lecturer in the Department of History, Philosophy, and the Social Sciences at the Rhode Island School of Design. This interview is based on his new book, Preserved: A Cultural History of the Funeral Home in America (Johns […]
The Author’s Corner with Michael T. Bertrand
Michael T. Bertrand is Professor of History at Tennessee State University. This interview is based on his new book, Southern History Remixed: On Rock ’n’ Roll and the Dilemma of Race (University Press of Florida, 2024). JF: What led you […]
The Author’s Corner with Elizabeth Kalbfleisch
Elizabeth Kalbfleisch is Associate Professor of English at Southern Connecticut State University. This interview is based on her new book, Making the Radical University: Identity and Politics on the American College Campus, 1966–1991 (University of Massachusetts Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
The Author’s Corner with Jason P. Chambers
Jason P. Chambers is Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Professor of Advertising at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. This interview is based on his new book, Advertising Revolutionary: The Life and Work of Tom Burrell (University of […]
The Author’s Corner with Brian M. Ingrassia
Brian M. Ingrassia is Associate Professor of History at West Texas A&M University. This interview is based on his new book, Speed Capital: Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America (University of Illinois Press, 2024). JF: What led […]
Santa Claus and America grew up together
Here is a taste of Ben Railton‘s piece at The Saturday Evening Post: “How Santa Claus and America Evolved Together Across the 19th Century”: While Santa Claus did not originate in the U.S., his story and image significantly evolved across […]
The Author’s Corner with John Wigger
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 Mairin Odle
Mairin Odle is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in American Studies at the University of Alabama. This interview is based on her book, Under the Skin: Tattoos, Scalps, and the Contested Language of Bodies in Early America (University […]
I can’t stop staring at this image
Some context here and here. I am sure there is something smart to be said here about how this ship is representative of the current state of American culture and consumer capitalism, but right now I am just staring.
The Author’s Corner with Matthew J. Clavin
Matthew J. Clavin is Professor of American and Atlantic History at the University of Houston. This interview is based on his new book, Symbols of Freedom: Slavery and Resistance Before the Civil War (NYU Press, 2023). JF: What led you to […]