Paul Hardin Kapp is Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This interview is based on his new book, Heritage and Hoop Skirts: How Natchez Created the Old South (University Press of Mississippi, 2022). JF: What...
I never met David Lowenthal, but his scholarship has influenced my work. I highly recommend The Past is a Foreign Country (1985) and Possessed by the Past: Heritage Crusade and the Spoils of History (1996). Here is a taste of...
My piece this week at Religion News Service examines the recent attempt by the Tennessee legislature to make the Bible the “official state book.” Â Here is a taste: (RNS) The state amphibian of Tennessee is the cave salamander. The state...
Last week I called your attention to The Historical Thinking Project at the University of British Columbia. I have been trying to digest the rich resources at this website and have found it to be very helpful as I think...
