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Reading Walter Johnson’s “On Agency” in the Journal of Social History made me rethink a lot of my responses to Stephanie Camp’s Closer to Freedom: Enslaved Women and Everyday Resistance in the Plantation South (2004). Camp’s goal is worthy, because … Continue reading →

Barbara Fields’ essay titled “Ideology and Race in American History” seeks to completely delegitimize race’s status in American history as anything other than an ideological construct. Though it is increasingly common (at least in our academic circles) to acknowledge the … Continue reading →

Alexander Keyssar, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, rev. ed. (New York: Basic Books, 2009) The introduction of Beyond the Founders: New Approaches to the Political History of the Early American Republic notes … Continue reading →

Hi! Though I focus primarily on twentieth century US history, I am really looking forward to taking this seminar in nineteenth century America. I first created this blog for Caleb’s cultural history research seminar last spring. I ended up writing … Continue reading →

I have finally made the leap from endless researching to rough-draft writing, but I decided to post my comprehensive outline this week because it’s what I would most like to hear feedback on. I know many parts are redundant and … Continue reading →

Last week was full of a lot of progress, but the more I researched, the more confused I became as to what I should focus on. In the week since our last workshop, I have continued my research and am … Continue reading →

(Sorry that my footnotes do not use superscripted numbers! I’ve been relying on TextEdit and really need to get another word processor ASAP…) My research is progressing, though I cannot say I have a clear thesis yet. I feel like … Continue reading →