This page features brief excerpts of stories published by the mainstream
media and, less frequently, blogs, alternative media, and even obviously
biased sources. The excerpts are taken directly from the websites cited in
each source note. Quotation marks are not used.
Source: NCPH
Sep 11, 2019
by Jim McGrath
"This post is a reflection on my ongoing experiences with podcasts as a listener, creator, and collaborator."
Source: Nursing Clio
Sep 11, 2019
by Kylie Smith
Emotionally Disturbed: A History of Caring for America’s Troubled Children explores the development of Residential Treatment Centers (RTCs) for “emotionally disturbed” children.
Source: TIME
Sep 10, 2019
by Mary M. Lane
German painter George Grosz predicted the rise of the Nazi Regime through his art. Why did no one pay attention?
Source: U.S. Intellectual History Blog
Sep 9, 2019
by Andy Seal
Andy Seal argues historians shouldn't read their own books.
Source: The Washington Post
Sep 9, 2019
by Michael E. Ruane
The U.S. Army's $400 million flagship museum at Fort Belvoir is set to open next spring.
Source: New York Times
Sep 9, 2019
The expressions of mourning left behind at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum are cleared nightly and preserved.
Source: The Japan Times
Sep 9, 2019
At the heart of the debate is determining the role museums should play in the 21st century, and the extent to which they should engage the public.
Source: Inside Higher Ed
Sep 9, 2019
American Historical Association ends annual meeting interviews and American Economic Association ends single hotel room interviews.
Source: New Books Network
Sep 9, 2019
by Derek Litvak
Habeas Corpus in Wartime is a comprehensive history of the writ of habeas corpus in Anglo-America.
Source: Society for U.S. Intellectual History
Sep 8, 2019
by Robin Marie Averbeck
In his new book, historian Andrew Feffer discusses the emergence of McCarthyism and our conception of liberalism with diligence and detail.
Source: NY Times
Sep 7, 2019
by Tera W. Hunter
"What she and Venus have accomplished is far more important than future titles and broken records."
Source: Society for US Intellectual History
Sep 6, 2019
by Christine Talbot
“Lisa Pace Vetter’s book, The Political Thought of America’s Founding Feminists, examines the political theories of seven women who were central figures in American political thought, despite their exclusion from the contemporary canon."
Source: Washington Post
Sep 5, 2019
A review of “The Trouble with Women Artists."
Source: Hyperallergic
Sep 5, 2019
The anonymous list, launched by historian Erin Bartram, has garnered about 250 entries so far.
Source: Not Even Past
Sep 4, 2019
by Tiana Wilson
Fuentes’ work contributes to the historical knowledge of early America through her focus on violence and how it operated during slavery and continues today through archives.
Source: Black Perspectives
Sep 4, 2019
by AAIHS Editors
Police Brutality, Mass Incarceration, and the Liberal Establishment
Source: University of Arkansas News
Sep 4, 2019
Banton closely examines the Afro-Barbadians and provides a transatlantic approach to understanding the political and sociocultural consequences of their migration and settlement in Africa.
Source: NY Times
Sep 3, 2019
by Ian Johnson
Julia Lovell's "Maoism: A Global History" traces the surprisingly wide influence of Chinese Communism.
Source: Black Perspectives
Sep 2, 2019
'Black Perspectives' as hired new editors and writers. Read more about them.
Source: History Today
Sep 1, 2019
by Jane Ridley, Sean Lang, Lucasta Miller
How important is the study of the powerful, epoch-defining individual?
