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American political culture

The Author’s Corner with Peter Roady

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 6, 2024

Peter Roady is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Utah. This interview is based on his new book, The Contest over National Security: FDR, Conservatives, and the Struggle to Claim the Most Powerful Phrase in American Politics (Harvard […]

The Author’s Corner with Scott Gac

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 18, 2024

Scott Gac is Professor of History and American Studies at Trinity College. This interview is based on his new book, Born in Blood: Violence and the Making of America (Cambridge University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to write Born […]

The Author’s Corner with Caleb Wellum

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 5, 2024

Caleb Wellum is Assistant Professor of U.S. History at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. This interview is based on his new book, Energizing Neoliberalism: The 1970s Energy Crisis and the Making of Modern America (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023). JF: […]

The Author’s Corner with Hajar Yazdiha

Rachel Petroziello   |  July 5, 2023

Hajar Yazdiha is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California. This interview is based on her new book, The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement  (Princeton University Press, […]

The Author’s Corner with Adrian Chastain Weimer

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 11, 2023

Adrian Chastain Weimer is Professor of History at Providence College. This interview is based on her new book, A Constitutional Culture: New England and the Struggle Against Arbitrary Rule in the Restoration Empire (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023). JF: What […]

The Author’s Corner with Sarah Purcell

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 12, 2022

Sarah Purcell is L.F. Parker Professor of History at Grinnell College. This interview is based on her new book, Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (University of North Carolina Press, 2022). JF: What led […]