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Greenland & the Turner thesis

John Fea   |  January 17, 2025

Is Greenland the new frontier? Is a new “Manifest Destiny” in the air? Are we seeing a revival of historian Frederick Jackson Turner’s “frontier thesis?” Some Trump conservatives think so. Here is Ian Ward at Politico: But in the corner […]

The Author’s Corner with Kyle B. Carpenter

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 23, 2024

Kyle B. Carpenter is Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. This interview is based on his new book, Globalizing the Lower Rio Grande: European Entrepreneurs in the Borderlands, 1749-1881 (University of North Texas […]

The Author’s Corner with Robert M. Owens

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 7, 2024

Robert M. Owens is Professor of History at Wichita State University. This interview is based on his new book, Killing Over Land: Murder and Diplomacy on the Early American Frontier  (University of Oklahoma Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]

The Author’s Corner with Michael A. Blaakman

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 16, 2023

Michael A. Blaakman is Assistant Professor of History at Princeton University. This interview is based on his new book, Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Speculation […]

The Author’s Corner with Matthew Ward

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 8, 2023

Matthew Ward is Senior Lecturer in American History at the University of Dundee. This interview is based on his new book, Making the Frontier Man: Violence, White Manhood, and Authority in the Early Western Backcountry (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023). […]

The Author’s Corner with James Jewell

Rachel Petroziello   |  August 7, 2023

James Jewell is Professor of History and Co-Chair of the Social and Behavioral Science Division at North Idaho College. This interview is based on his new book, Agents of Empire: The First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior […]

The Author’s Corner with Christian Goodwillie

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 13, 2023

Christian Goodwillie is Director and Curator of Special Collections at Hamilton College, Burke Library and Associate Editor of the Richard W. Couper Press. This interview is based on his new book, Richard McNemar: Frontier Heretic and Shaker Apostle (Indiana University […]

The Author’s Corner with Amy Kohout

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 1, 2023

Amy Kohout is Associate Professor of History at Colorado College. This interview is based on her new book, Taking the Field: Soldiers, Nature, and Empire on American Frontiers (University of Nebraska Press, 2023). JF: What led you to write Taking the […]

The Author’s Corner with Andrea McDowell

Rachel Petroziello   |  July 28, 2022

Andrea McDowell is Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law. This interview is based on her new book, We the Miners: Self-Government in the California Gold Rush (Harvard University Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write […]