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: […]
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The Author’s Corner with Daniel J. Clark
Daniel J. Clark is Professor of History and Director of the Center for Public Humanities at Oakland University. This interview is based on his new book, Listening to Workers: Oral Histories of Metro Detroit Autoworkers in the 1950s (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 […]
The Author’s Corner with Nicholas Dagen Bloom
Nicholas Dagen Bloom is Professor of Urban Policy and Planning at Hunter College. This interview is based on his new book, The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight (University of Chicago Press, 2023). […]
Have cars made our lives more dangerous and less democratic?
Over at Jacobin, Jacob Sugarman reviews Daniel Knowles’s book Carmaggedon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do About It. Here is a taste: On February 3, a Norfolk Southern train approximately 150 cars longĀ derailedĀ near the town of East […]