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Three history blogs that I wish would come back

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Religion in American History: I was the first contributor to this blog who was not named Paul Harvey. The blog is still there, but the last post was published on November 15, 2019. The Junto: It was once a go-to...

SNUBBED!

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We have had fun over the years with the Junto early American history March Madness tournament. In 2017, I chided the selection committee for undermining democracy. Back in 2016, I was mad at the selection committee for putting my Journal of...

The 2019 Junto March Madness is Here!

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This year the Junto blog is staging a March Madness-style competition to decide the best digital project in early American history.   A taste: It’s once again March and that can only mean one thing at The Junto: our March Madness tournament. We...

How NOT To Write Your Second Book

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The Junto blog is running a series of posts on this topic featuring some excellent historians. The posts stem from a roundtable presented at the 2017 meeting of the Society for the History of the Early Republic.  It was organized...

Ken Minkema of the Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale

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The Junto is featuring Katy Lasdow‘s interview with Ken Minkema, the heart and soul of The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University. Here is a taste: JUNTO: Tell us about the work that you do. How does it relate—or not relate—to the research...

Congratulations Alejandra Dubcovsky!

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Dubcovsky’s book, Informed Power: Communication in the Early American South, is the winner of the 2017 Junto March Madness tournament.  This year the tournament focused on books on early American history published since 2014. If you would like to learn more about Dubcovsky’s...

The Junto's Blatant Attempt to Undermine Democracy

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The Junto March Madness tournament is back.  This year Junto March Madness is covering books in early American history published since 2014. But there are a few changes from past years that will certainly raise the ire of your inner...

Benjamin Carp on Edmund Morgan's "Slavery and Freedom"

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As some of you may recall, Edmund Morgan’s 1972 Journal of American History article “Slavery and Freedom” won the 2016 Junto Blog “March Madness” tournament for the best journal article in early American history. Over at Process: A Blog for American History...

Edmund Morgan Wins Junto March Madness

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A few years ago Morgan’s book American Slavery/American Freedom won the Junto March Madness tournament devoted to the best books in early American history. This year Morgan’s 1972 “Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox” won the best article in early American...

One and Done

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In case you haven’t seen the First Round results in the 2016 Junto March Madness tournament, my article “The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian’s Rural Enlightenment (JAH 2003) lost to Jon Butler’s “Enthusiasm Described and Decried: The Great Awakening...

Did You Vote Today?

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The last I checked there are no presidential primaries scheduled for today. But there is still voting to be done.  Head over to the Junto blog and cast your vote for the best academic journal article published in the field...

I Think I Just Found My Campaign Manager

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Jay Eldred is a “book-reading, coffee-drinking, marathon-running history teacher who blogs at Running in My Head. Let’s make @JohnFea1 a March Madness Champion! https://t.co/JT1LIsBgcg pic.twitter.com/oWkpi2PzqL — Jay Eldred (@JayEldred) March 5, 2016 I don’t think I have ever met Jay, but...

The Junto March Madness Tournament is Back

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This year, the good folks at The Junto blog are focusing their annual March Madness tournament on journal articles.  Head over to the Junto and nominate your three favorite early American history articles. And don’t forget to nominate: John Fea,...