Well, it’s over. Last night Donald Trump, a president who lost the popular vote by 3 million and has never had his approval rating rise over 50%, used the White House–the “people’s house–for a political rally. Most of the sycophants...
Frederick Jackson Turner
Teaching Old Historiography
I love Joe Adelman‘s piece today at The Junto: “The Significance of Old Historiogaphy in American History.” Adelman, who teaches American history at Framingham State University in Massachusetts, writes about trying to teach fresh new perspectives on American history when...
Yet Another Gem From the Randall Stephens History Card Collection.
We have seen Frederick Jackson Turner and Eugene Genovese. Today is Richard Hofstadter:...
The Randall Stephens History Card Collection
Forget about that baseball card collection that your mother threw away when you were a kid. American historian Randall Stephens has been busy creating some entertaining collectible “cards” featuring famous historians. We will reveal some of the collection over the...
Ice Road Truckers and American Exceptionalism
I will start this post with a confession. A few years ago I watched an entire season of the History Channel series Ice Road Truckers. I don’t remember much about it now, and I don’t think I have watched an...