This may not seem like a major issue for the present, but it kind of is. As everyone knows, the local newspaper is basically dead. My parents are long-time newspaper subscribers. Their local daily is now a sliver of what it once was and is...
historical profession
Historians! If you are going to be at the OAH this week in Providence, drop me a line. Maybe we could do a get together or something. Not sure if.
James Loewen calls out the eminent historian of the Civil War, James McPherson, on the middle school U.S. history textbook emblazoned with his name for its coverage of Southern secession..
Columbia University named the 2014 winners for the Bancroft Prize today, which is the most prestigious prize in the field of U.S. history. This year's winners are both close to LGM's heart. One winner was Ira Katznelson's Fear Itself, which Scott reviewed here. The other...
Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg summarize the problems with journalists writing history: We have to fight mediocrity as well as plagiarism – the two are more closely related than you.