Recently added articles from The Historian:
Carpetbaggers, reprobates, and liars: federal judges and the Utah war (1857-58).
Jun 22, 2008; Alexander, Thomas G. ... ON 8 DECEMBER 1857, President James Buchanan sent his first State of the Union message to Congress. (1) In a pattern followed by every president from Thomas Jefferson through William Howard Taft, a clerk read the message to Congress, and Congress ordered the publication of the text. In the ...
The crisis in the Great War: W. E. B. Du Bois and his perception of African-American participation in World War I.
Jun 22, 2008; Smith, Shane A. ... I. INTRODUCTION THIS STUDY EXPLORES the innate tension over African-American participation in the Great War. Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, as revealed by his writing in The Crisis, held the paradoxical notion of African-Americans participating in a war for "freedom" and "democracy" in ...
Of couscous and control: The Bureau of Muslim Soldier Affairs and the Crisis of French Colonialism.
Jun 22, 2008; Orwin, Ethan M. ... "Qu'ALLAH fasse vive la France!" --Cpt. Mouloud Iddir "O Moroccans! This same France for which you have offered your life is paying you back today by imprisoning your Sultan, replacing him with some stooge ... and letting your family and friends die of hunger!" ...
The West Bend Aluminum Company in the age of monopoly, depression, and war.
Jun 22, 2008; Kusik, James P. ... DURING THE FIRST HALF of the twentieth century, the introduction of aluminum induced a major transformation in the cookware manufacturing industry in the United States. In 1900 only five percent of cookwares were made with aluminum, yet by 1940 aluminum utensils claimed fully half of the ...
Taken Hostage: The Iranian Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter With Radical Islam.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Bohite, Russell ... Taken Hostage: The Iranian Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter With Radical Islam. By David Farber. (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2005. Pp. viii, 212. $39.95.) The 1970s did not constitute a halcyon time in American history. In addition to the ...
Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922-1936.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Tignor, Robert L. ... Liberalism without Democracy: Nationhood and Citizenship in Egypt, 1922-1936. By Abdeslam M. Maghraoui. (Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 2006. Pp. 192. $21.95.) This is an important and powerful book, even if the author carries his argument further than the evidence allows ....
Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Ferrell, Robert H. ... Presidential Courage: Brave Leaders and How They Changed America. By Michael Beschloss. (New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, 2007. Pp. xii, 727. $28.00.) Employing the theme of courage, the author here runs the gamut of presidential history and finds courage everywhere, which ...
The Kentucky Tragedy: A Story of Conflict and Change in Antebellum America.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Ireland, Robert M. ... The Kentucky Tragedy: A Story of Conflict and Change in Antebellum America. By Dickson D. Bruce Jr. (Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. Pp. ix, 183. $40.00.) Early on the morning of 7 November 1825, Jereboam O. Beauchamp stabbed to death Colonel Solomon E ...
The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Quist, John W. ... The Southern Past: A Clash of Race and Memory. By W. Fitzhugh Brundage. (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2005. Pp. xvi, 418. $29.95.) Historians of the U.S. South have long debated why--and whether--the region stands apart from the rest of the country. Differing ...
Traveling Women: Narrative Visions of Early America.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Stephanie Kermes ... Traveling Women: Narrative Visions of Early America. By Susan Clair Imbarrato. (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 254. $42.95.) In this well-written study of women's travel narratives, the author shows that traveling in early America was not predominantly a ...
Social Change in America From the Revolution Through the Civil War.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Gonzalez, Michael J. ... Social Change in America From the Revolution Through the Civil War. By Christopher Clark. (Chicago, Ill.: Ivan R. Dee, 2006. Pp. xiii, 349. $27.50.) This author's latest effort, like all good books, yields many rewards. Students and instructors, especially those who need lucid ...
Popular Eugenics: National Efficiency and American Mass Culture in the 1930s.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Herman, Ellen ... Popular Eugenics: National Efficiency and American Mass Culture in the 1930s. Edited by Susan Currell and Christina Cogdell. (Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2006, Pp. x, 406. $28.95.) Historians of sexuality and biomedicine have recently revised the chronology of the ...
The Patriotic Business of Seeking Office: James K. Polk and the Patronage.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Lucas, M. Philip ... The Patriotic Business of Seeking Office: James K. Polk and the Patronage. By John Devoti. (Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, 2006. Pp. xvi, 146. $25.00.) The issue raised consistently in this brief volume is whether continuity or discontinuity characterized President ...
Corruption in Cuba: Castro and Beyond.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Bain, Mervyn J. ... Corruption in Cuba: Castro and Beyond. By Sergio Diaz-Diquets and Jorge Perez-Lopez. (Austin, Tex.: University of Texas Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 286. $21.95.) The authors of this study add a new, exciting dimension to the growing literature on Cuba's transition once Fidel Castro ...
Conservative Conservationist: Russell E. Train and the Emergence of American Environmentalism.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Lang, William L. ... Conservative Conservationist: Russell E. Train and the Emergence of American Environmentalism. By J. Brooks Flippen. (Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, 2006. Pp. ix, 278. $29.95.) In a blog commentary on the Mother Jones website in October 2004, Russell E ....
A Culture of Everyday Credit: Housekeeping, Pawnbroking, and Governance in Mexico City, 1750-1920.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Baskes, Jeremy ... A Culture of Everyday Credit: Housekeeping, Pawnbroking, and Governance in Mexico City, 1750-1920. By Marie Eileen Francois. (Lincoln, Neb.: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Pp. xiii, 415. $29.95.) Mexico City's poor relied on credit to allow basic consumption of foodstuffs, ...
Untidy Origins: A Story of Woman's Rights in Antebellum New York.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Wajda, Shirley Teresa ... Untidy Origins: A Story of Woman's Rights in Antebellum New York. By Lori D. Ginzberg. (Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina Press, 2005. Pp. xiv, 222. $49.95.) It all began at Seneca Falls. As much as historians of women in the United States have challenged ...
The Limits of Sovereignty: Property Confiscation in the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Ranney, Joseph A. ... The Limits of Sovereignty: Property Confiscation in the Union and the Confederacy during the Civil War. By Daniel W. Hamilton. (Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, 2007. Pp. 231. $39.00.) The decade of the Civil War played a pivotal role in shaping American law, so much ...
Don't Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Bradford, James C. ... Don't Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812. By Donald R. Hickey. (Urbana, Ill: University of Illinois Press, 2006. Pp. xxix, 430. $34.95.) The author of this book has devoted decades to the study of the War of 1812. In recent years it may be "A Forgotten Conflict," as he ...
Turn Away Thy Son: Little Rock, the Crisis that Shocked the Nation.(Book review)
Jun 22, 2008; Ralph, James ... Turn Away Thy Son: Little Rock, the Crisis that Shocked the Nation. By Elizabeth Jacoway. (New York, N.Y.: Free Press, 2007. Pp. xiii, 461. $30.00.) The author began work on this book thirty years ago. Her labor has not been in vain. She has written a riveting history of the ...