This guest post is published as part of our blog series related to the American Studies Association conference in Atlanta, from Nov. 8-11, and as part of the American Studies Now blog series. Share using #2018ASA By Macarena …
Read More >Midterm elections are underway. And as we await the results of who will control Congress, we take a look back at how we arrived at this current political moment and how it …
Read More >By Tey Meadow, author of Trans Kids: Being Gendered in the Twenty-First Century How might it feel, as a young transgender person in this country, to be told by your government that …
Read More >Helmut K. Anheier is Professor of Sociology at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin and the Max Weber Institute at Heidelberg University, Germany. He also has academic appointments at the London …
Read More >Political protests have a deep past in U.S. history, with varied degrees of success in accomplishing what they set out to do. Gleaned from L.A. Kauffman’s eye-opening new book, How to Read a …
Read More >“I do not know how things will be by the time you read it, but this book goes to press at a grim moment.” —Adam Hochschild Lessons From a Dark Time and …
Read More >With just 15 days before the midterm elections, these books will help you sharpen your understanding of our current political moment. How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and …
Read More >“How to Read a Protest argues that the women’s marches of 2017 didn’t just help shape and fuel a moment—they actually created one.”—Masha Gessen, The New Yorker A grassroots organizer for more than thirty-five …
Read More >This guest post is published as part of our blog series related to the Western History Association conference from October 17-20 in San Antonio. #WHA2018 By Alex Schafran, author of The Road …
Read More >In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, we share an article by David Bacon, author of In the Fields of the North / En los campos del norte. Bacon discusses how the history of …
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