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Civil War era

The Author’s Corner with Stephen Kantrowitz

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 14, 2023

Stephen Kantrowitz is Plaenert-Bascom and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This interview is based on his new book, Citizens of a Stolen Land: A Ho-Chunk History of the Nineteenth-Century United States (University of North […]

The Author’s Corner with Michael D. Pierson

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 4, 2023

Michael D. Pierson is Professor of History at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. This interview is based on his new book, The Wild Woman of Cincinnati: Gender and Politics on the Eve of the Civil War (LSU Press, 2023). JF: […]

The Author’s Corner with Leslie A. Schwalm

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 27, 2023

Leslie A. Schwalm is Professor Emeritus of History and Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Iowa. This interview is based on her new book, Medicine, Science, and Making Race in Civil War America (University of North Carolina […]

The Author’s Corner with Elliott West

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 28, 2023

Elliott West is History Consultant at the University of Arkansas. This interview is based on his new book, Continental Reckoning: The American West in the Age of Expansion (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Continental […]

The Author’s Corner with Victoria E. Ott

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 20, 2023

Victoria E. Ott is James A. Wood Professor of American History and the coordinator of Gender and Women’s Studies at Birmingham-Southern College. This interview is based on her new book, The Failure of Our Fathers: Family, Gender, and Power in […]

The Author’s Corner with Leslie M. Alexander

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 16, 2023

Leslie M. Alexander is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of History at Rutgers University. This interview is based on her new book, Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States (University […]

The Author’s Corner with Jacqueline Jones

Rachel Petroziello   |  January 13, 2023

Jacqueline Jones is Ellen C. Temple Professor of Women’s History Emerita at the University of Texas at Austin. This interview is based on her new book, No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston’s Black Workers in the […]

The Author’s Corner with Catherine V. Bateson

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 4, 2022

Catherine V. Bateson is Associate Lecturer of American History and American Studies Chief Examiner at the University of Kent. This interview is based on her new book, Irish American Civil War Songs: Identity, Loyalty, and Nationhood (LSU Press, 2022). JF: […]

The Author’s Corner with Evan C. Rothera

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 2, 2022

Evan C. Rothera is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith. This interview is based on his new book, Civil Wars and Reconstructions in the Americas: The United States, Mexico, and Argentina, 1860–1880 (LSU Press, 2022). […]

The Author’s Corner with Megan Bever

Rachel Petroziello   |  October 7, 2022

Megan Bever is Associate Professor of History and Chair of the Social Sciences Department at Missouri Southern State University. This interview is based on her new book, At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War […]

The Author’s Corner with Kathryn Olivarius

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 18, 2022

Kathryn Olivarius is Assistant Professor of History at Stanford University. This interview is based on her new book, Necropolis: Disease, Power, and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom (Belknap Press of Harvard University, 2022). JF: What led you to write Necropolis? KO: […]

The Author’s Corner with William Novak

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 23, 2022

William Novak is Charles F. and Edith J. Clyne Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. This interview is based on his new book, New Democracy: The Creation of the Modern American State (Harvard University Press, 2022). […]

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