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- Paul Mariani "A Modern Victorian":
GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS A Life -
NYT, 12-14-08
- David Blight on Robert Goodwin:
The Slave Who Found a New World
Separating myth from fact about Esteban Dorantes is not easy.
The Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South -
WaPo, 12-11-08
- Robert Goodwin:
The Story of the First African-American Explorer of the American South , First Chapter -
WaPo, 12-11-08
- Jane Fletcher Geniesse: A Sect of Celibates
How to escape debt and gain absolute control over your followers.
AMERICAN PRIESTESS
The Extraordinary Story of Anna Spafford and the American Colony in Jerusalem
WaPo, 12-14-08
- Edward Kritzler: On the High Seas
JEWISH PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN -
WaPo, 12-14-08
- Max Page "Urban historian recounts 200 years' worth of fantasies, fears of NYC's demise":
The City's End: Two Centuries of Fantasies, Fears, and Premonitions of New York's Destruction
AP, Newsday, 12-12-08
- Exhibition Review - 'One Life: The Mask of Lincoln'
Reconsidering the Man From Illinois at the National Portrait Gallery -
NYT, 12-12-08
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- Jon Meacham: AMERICAN LION
#3 -- (4 weeks on list) -
12-21-08
- THE AMERICAN JOURNEY OF BARACK OBAMA, by the editors of Life magazine.
#12 -- (5 weeks on list) -
12-21-08
- Niall Ferguson: THE ASCENT OF MONEY
#14 -- (2 weeks on list) -
12-21-08
- THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Complete Front Pages 1851-2008, Introduction by Bill Keller -
#20 -
12-21-08
- Pete Souza: THE RISE OF BARACK OBAMA
#34 -
12-21-08
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- Kenneth T. Jackson: "Citi Doesn't Live Here Anymore as Name Comes Off NYC Skyscraper":
"Buildings no longer have important historic status for companies, if they ever did,"
said Kenneth T. Jackson, a Columbia University history professor and editor of the
"Encyclopedia of New York City." "As they get larger and larger, one building does not mean much."
Bloomber, 12-12-08
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- Jeffrey B. Perry: Eighty years ago, a prominent black intellectual disappeared from the historical record.
Jeffrey B. Perry rescued him from oblivion. (Interview)
Hubert Harrison: The Voice of Harlem Radicalism, 1883-1918 -
Scott McLemee, Inside Higher Ed, 12-10-08
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- Amy Dru Stanley: For history professor, finding home for photo collection was a walk in the park:
The historic photographs of 20th-century photojournalist Wayne Miller have been given as a gift to the
University's Department of History,
following what Amy Dru Stanley calls "a typical Hyde Park story."
University of Chicago Chronicle, 12-11-08
- James Carroll: Disputes belief that Saint Augustine was bad for the Jews -
David Van Biema in Time, 12-8-08
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- Peter Brown: Irish historian wins $1 million prize:
Historian Peter Brown (73), a professor of history at Princeton University, shared the 2008 Kluge Prize with
Romila Thapar, from Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi. -
Herald, 12-12-08
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- April 3-4, 2009:The Obama Phenomenon: Race and Political Discourse in the
United States Today, University of Memphis
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- History Channel: "Cities Of The Underworld: Gladiators: Blood Sport,"
Monday, December 15, @ 9pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Einstein,"
Tuesday, December 16, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "A Global Warning?,"
Wednesday, December 17, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Breaking Vegas,"
Thursday, December 18, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Cities Of The Underworld: Gladiators: Blood Sport,"
Thursday, December 18, @ 10pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Wake Island: The Alamo of the Pacific,"
Friday, December 19, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Bible Battles,"
Saturday, December 20, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Modern Marvels: Christmas Tech,"
Saturday, December 20, @ 7pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Banned from The Bible,"
Saturday, December 20, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Beyond The Da Vinci Code,"
Saturday, December 20, @ 10pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Modern Marvels: Walt Disney World,"
Sunday, December 21, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Ancient Discoveries: Lost Science of the Bible,"
Sunday, December 21, @ 10pm ET/PT
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- Time Magazine: Time President Obama: The Path to the White House, December 16, 2008
- George S. McGovern: Abraham Lincoln: The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865,
December 23, 2008
- Rudy Tomedi: General Matthew Ridgway, December 30, 2008
- Anthony S. Pitch: "They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theater, Abraham Lincoln's
Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance, December 30, 2008
- William E. Leuchtenburg: Herbert Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 (REV), January 6, 2009
- Adam Cohen: Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America,
January 9, 2008
- James J. Sheehan: Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe, January 13, 2009
- Gwen Ifill: The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, January 20, 2009
- Daniel Mark Epstein: Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries, January 27, 2009
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- Angeliki E. Laiou: Byzantine Professor Dies of Cancer at 67 -
Harvard Crimson, 12-15-08
- William H. Pierson Jr., 97, Art Historian, Dies -
NYT, 12-11-08
- Dorothy Sterling, author of African American children's literature, dies at 95:
Sterling, who was white, developed an interest in African American history after reading the works of such
radical historians as Herbert Aptheker and W.E.B. Du Bois. She wrote more than 35 books, including 'Freedom Train:
The Story of Harriet Tubman,' and brought attention to less-known figures. -
LA Times, 12-14-08
- Studs Terkel: Hard Times Without Studs -
Tom Engelhardt at tomdispatch.com, 12-12-08
- Studs Terkel: Tribute, Voice of the Underdog -
NYT, 12-8-08
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BIGGEST STORIES: PEARL HARBOR
- 'Like It Happened Yesterday'
Pearl Harbor Attack Remembered During 67th Anniversary Ceremony -
WaPo, 12-7-08
- Pearl Harbor: Day of infamy:
The Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor altered America. But some scholars say 9/11 is even more memorable. -
Memphis Commericial Appeal, 12-7-08
- Stephen K. Stein "Pearl Harbor: Day of infamy":
"My sense is that Pearl Harbor still resonates more with people," said Stephen K. Stein, an award-winning
assistant professor of history at the University of Memphis. "It connects us with World War II. Pearl Harbor
got us into the war. It was a 'good' war and Americans (at home and in the military) fought it with a sense of
purpose ... and we won. "With 9/11 there is no closure and, for some people, it has not been fully explained.
Most people don't understand what happened, how it happened and why it happened."
Stein, who also teaches military strategy as an adjunct professor for the U.S. Naval War College, added
that if al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden had been captured, "maybe 9/11 would resonate more."
Stein also cited differences in the speeches FDR and President George W. Bush delivered to a traumatized
nation after the two events. "President Roosevelt's speech after Pearl Harbor in which he asked Congress
to declare war on Japan continues to resonate with Americans today, particularly his phrase 'a date
which will live in infamy.' It was a masterful speech by one of our most eloquent presidents that
captured Americans' horror at the attack and determination to avenge it. "In contrast, President Bush's
speech after the Sept. 11 attack remains unmemorable, despite being one of his best speeches."
Memphis Commericial Appeal, 12-7-08
- James McPherson "Pearl Harbor: Day of infamy":
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian James McPherson, in a telephone interview, echoed Stein's thoughts.
"I was only 5 years old when Pearl Harbor occurred, but I do remember it always being on radio shows --
'Remember Pearl Harbor.' The war that followed allowed us to remember that we triumphed.
"We don't have that after 9/11. There is no feeling that we have triumphed." -
Memphis Commericial Appeal, 12-7-08
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:
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IN THE NEWS:
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IN THE NEWS:
- John McDonagh: Plymoth Plantation cuts veteran staff -
http://www.wickedlocal.com, 12-6-08
- Denise Spellberg: Historian taken to task for ridiculing novel
Winfield Myers at Daniel Pipes's Campus Watch, 12-3-08
- Robert Dallek: Fox's Chris Wallace objects when Bob Dallek equates Nixon and Bush -
Jim Pinkerton at the Fox News blog, 12-2-08
- American Historical Association: Results of 2008 AHA Election -
AHA Blog, 12-1-08
- Korea's history: What text should high-schoolers read? -
Christian Science Monitor, 12-1-08
- Conrad Bladey: Historian proposes toast for Linthicum:
J. Charles Linthicum's family provided the name of the Anne Arundel County community,
and he did his hometown proud, serving in Congress from 1911 until his death in 1932. The Democrat is best remembered
for his role in the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem. But he made a possibly more
significant contribution to American history, according to a local historian: paving the way for the repeal of
Prohibition. -
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AP, 11-29-08
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QUOTES:
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QUOTES:
- Phillip Kay "Historian says Romans faced credit crunch":
"The essential similarity between what happened 21 centuries ago and what is happening in today's U.K. economy
is that a massive increase in monetary liquidity culminated with problems in another
country causing a credit crisis at home." -
UPI, 11-28-08
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REVIEWS:
- WaPo lists top 10 history books of the year -
WaPo, 12-7-08
- Boston Globe: Getting the goods - nonfiction
A guide to the most memorable titles of 2008, from entertaining to inspiring -
Boston Globe, 12-7-08
- Les Standiford Holiday Books Father Christmas:
THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS
How Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" Rescued His Career and Revived Our Holiday Spirits -
NYT, 12-7-08
- Robert Roper: BIOGRAPHY America's Poet as Brother:
Whitman cared for injured soldiers during the Civil War.
NOW THE DRUM OF WAR Walt Whitman and His Brothers in the Civil War -
WaPo, 12-7-08
- Louisa Gilder: SCIENCE Very Small, Very Weird:
The struggle to understand what goes on -- or doesn't -- inside the atom.
THE AGE OF ENTANGLEMENT When Quantum Physics Was Reborn -
WaPo, 12-7-08
- Man of Fetters Dr. Johnson and Mrs. Thrale:
Peter Martin's "Samuel Johnson" and Jeffrey Meyers's "Samuel Johnson: The Struggle" -
The New Yorker, 12-8-08
- Niall Ferguson: It's Still Making the World Go 'Round:
THE ASCENT OF MONEY A Financial History of the World -
NYT, 12-2-08
- Richard Turley Jr. "Mormon-owned press releasing Joseph Smith journals":
"He's making this very deliberate effort to keep a record. At the same time, he has this self-consciousness,"
said Richard Turley Jr., assistant historian for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
"So he writes it out, scratches it out, takes a deep breath, writes it again." -
AP, 12-2-08
- Philip Jenkins: Historian explores Christianity's lost age, land
The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East,
Africa, and Asia - and How It Died
Reuters, 12-1-08
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BEST SELLERS:
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BEST SELLERS (NYT):
- Jon Meacham: AMERICAN LION
#2 -- (3 weeks on list) -
12-14-08
- THE AMERICAN JOURNEY OF BARACK OBAMA, by the editors of Life magazine.
#15 -- (4 weeks on list) -
12-14-08
- Niall Ferguson: THE ASCENT OF MONEY
#10 -- (1 weeks on list) -
12-14-08
- THE NEW YORK TIMES: The Complete Front Pages 1851-2008, Introduction by Bill Keller -
#26 -
12-14-08
- James M. McPherson: TRIED BY WAR
#30 -
12-14-08
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: TEAM OF RIVALS
#34 -
12-14-08
- Pete Souza: THE RISE OF BARACK OBAMA
#35 -
12-14-08
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BLOGS:
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BLOGS:
- H-SHEAR: Scholars' roundtable examines Daniel Walker Howe's What Hath God Wrought -
Ralph Luker at HNN blog, Cliopatria, 12-3-08
- Robert Dallek "At 'Frost/Nixon' Debut, It Became About Bush and Nixon":
At the Frost/Nixon screening last night, Ron Howard and show writers compared GWB's abuses of power to Nixon's.
Wallace disagreed..."It trivializes Nixon's crimes and completely misrepresents what George W. Bush did...
I think to compare what Nixon did, and the abuses of power for pure political self-preservation, to George W. Bush
trying to protect this country—even if you disagree with rendition or waterboarding—it seems to me is both a
gross misreading of history both then and now." He also had a healthy debate with renowned historian Robert Dallek. -
US News, Washington Whispers, 12-2-08
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INTER VIEWS:
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INTERVIEWS:
- Annette Gordon-Reed: "Questions for Annette Gordon-Reed History Lesson":
After a lifetime spent writing about Thomas Jefferson and the children he fathered with the slave Sally Hemings,
you just won a National Book Award for your sprawling history of her family, “The Hemingses of Monticello.”
It was great to win it on my birthday. -
12-7-08
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FEATURES:
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FEATURES:
- "Gene Test Shows Spain's Jewish and Muslim Mix":
The genetic signatures of people in Spain and Portugal provide new and explicit evidence of the mass
conversions of Sephardic Jews and Muslims to Catholicism in the 15th and 16th centuries after Christian
armies wrested Spain back from Muslim control, a team of geneticists reports.
NYT, 12-4-08
- Jane S. Gerber "Gene Test Shows Spain's Jewish and Muslim Mix":
"One wing grossly underestimates the number of conversions," said Jane S. Gerber, an expert on
Sephardic history at the City University of New York. -
NYT, 12-4-08
- Jonathan S. Ray "Gene Test Shows Spain's Jewish and Muslim Mix":
The finding bears on two different views of Spanish history, said Jonathan S. Ray, a professor of
Jewish studies at Georgetown University. One, proposed by the 20th-century historian Claudio Sánchez-
Albornoz, holds that Spanish civilization is Catholic and other influences are foreign; the other sees
Spain as having been enriched by drawing from all three of its historical cultures, Catholic, Jewish and Muslim.
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NYT, 12-4-08
- Douglas Brinkley "Slaves helped build White House, U.S. Capitol":
"The apple cart has been turned over here when you have the Obamas -- the first African-American couple --
now actually management and you are having in some cases white Americans serving them,"
says presidential historian Doug Brinkley....
Though Michelle Obama's ancestors had to come through the ordeal of slavery,
"Her children are sleeping in the room of presidents," said Brinkley. "It's a very great and hopeful sign." -
CNN, 12-2-08
- Douglas Brinkley "Slaves helped build White House, U.S. Capitol":
It was the slaves that did a lot of the building the White House, they also worked there...
did the service jobs - were the people that would tend the horses or clean the dishes, prepare the meals.
I think Michelle should celebrate the fact that her ancestors came through the ordeal of slavery. Her children are
sleeping in the room of presidents. And it's a very great and hopeful sign. -
CNN, 12-2-08
- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. "Obama as Hoover: The Importance of Storytelling":
As the Obama era takes shape, the roles of both Schlesinger and Michelson deserve attention. Particularly as
Americans are seeing newsmagazines with cover stories comparing the President-elect who campaigned on a dour
vision of scarcity with Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, a considerable leap to understate. -
American Spectator,
- The focus is on Samuel de Champlain -
Burlington Free Press, 12-1-08
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HONORS &APPOINTED:
- Peter Brown: Historian selected to share $1 million Kluge Prize -
http://www.princeton.edu, 12-3-08
- Eugene Moehring "Professor wins award for research on Nevada:"
Eugene Moehring is one of the nation's top urban historians
UNLV’s resident expert on all things Nevada was presented with the 2008 Harry Reid Silver State Research
Award Nov. 14, spotlighting UNLV’s history department and a professor who routinely shuns its glare. -
The Rebell Yell, 11-24-08
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EVENTS:
- April 3-4, 2009:The Obama Phenomenon: Race and Political Discourse in the
United States Today, University of Memphis
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ON TV:
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ON TV:
- C-SPAN 2, BOOK TV: History "Samuel Adams: A Life"
Author: Ira Stoll - Sunday at 11:00 PM, and Monday at 5:00 AM
- C-SPAN 2, BOOK TV: History Jonathan Alter "The Defining Moment" -
Monday at 4:00 AM
- C-SPAN 2, BOOK TV: History "American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House"
Author: Jon Meacham - Monday at 6:00 AM
- C-SPAN 2, BOOK TV: History "Hurricane of Independence: The Untold Story of the Deadly Storm at the
Deciding Moment of the American Revolution" Author: Tony Williams -
Monday at 7:15 AM
- History Channel: "01 - The Wehrmacht: 01 - Attack on Europe,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "02 - The Wehrmacht: 02 - The Turning Point,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 3pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "03 - The Wehrmacht: 03 - The Crimes,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "04 - The Wehrmacht: 04 - Resistance,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "05 - The Wehrmacht: 05 - To the Bitter End,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 6pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "70's Fever,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "History Rocks: The '70s, Part 1,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 10pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Cities Of The Underworld: Land of Manson,"
Monday, December 8, @ 9pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Crude,"
Tuesday, December 9, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Street Gangs: A Secret History,"
Wednesday, December 10, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Kennedys: The Curse of Power,"
Thursday, December 11, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "The Lost Pyramid,"
Friday, December 12, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Egypt: Engineering an Empire,"
Friday, December 12, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Cities Of The Underworld: Prophecies from Below,"
Friday, December 12, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "UFO Hunters," Marathon
Saturday, December 13, @ 2-5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "FDR: A Presidency Revealed: Part 1.,"
Saturday, December 13, @ 6pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "FDR: A Presidency Revealed: Part 2.,"
Saturday, December 13, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Crash: The Next Great Depression?,"
Saturday, December 13, @ 10pm ET/PT
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COMING SOON BOOKS:
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COMING SOON BOOKS:
- Gary May: John Tyler: The American Presidents Series: The 10th President, 1841-1845,
December 9, 2008
- Jonathan Brent: Inside the Stalin Archives, December 9, 2008
- Time Magazine: Time President Obama: The Path to the White House, December 16, 2008
- George S. McGovern: Abraham Lincoln: The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865,
December 23, 2008
- Rudy Tomedi: General Matthew Ridgway, December 30, 2008
- Anthony S. Pitch: "They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theater, Abraham Lincoln's
Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance, December 30, 2008
- William E. Leuchtenburg: Herbert Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 (REV), January 6, 2009
- Adam Cohen: Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days That Created Modern America,
January 9, 2008
- James J. Sheehan: Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe, January 13, 2009
- Gwen Ifill: The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, January 20, 2009
- Daniel Mark Epstein: Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries, January 27, 2009
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DEPARTED:
- William Spoelhof: Longtime Calvin College president William Spoelhof dead at age 98 -
The Grand Rapids Press, 12-3-08
- William McGrath: European Intellectual Historian Dies:
William J. McGrath, professor emeritus of history at the University of Rochester who was revered for his pioneering
histories of Vienna, Austria, and Sigmund Freud, died Nov. 30. He was 71. -
Media Newswire, 12-2-08
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BIGGEST STORIES: 45TH ANNIVERSARY KENNEDY ASSASSINATION:
- Michael Smith "Can Obama eclipse Kennedy legacy? The anniversary of
JFK assassination takes on fresh meaning as new era dawns":
"This year is different, and seemingly for good,'' says Purdue University history professor Michael Smith.
"America may have a truer successor to the Kennedy legacy, meaning that maybe we can once and for all give up
some of our national obsession with who else besides Lee Harvey Oswald might have murdered president Kennedy
and focus instead on the best, not the worst, of the early 1960s."
"Our generation and our parents' generation remember that day so well because of the shock of total news coverage
for four days in a row," he said.
"We are, largely, the audience and market still reading and watching and listening for the echoes of that day,
a strange nostalgia." -
Toronto Star, 11-22-08
- Douglas Brinkley: "Can Obama eclipse Kennedy legacy? The anniversary of
JFK assassination takes on fresh meaning as new era dawns":
"The Kennedys are in the air," says author and historian Douglas Brinkley.
"Their mystique is still with us."
"It remains the great American murder mystery," says Brinkley,
whose forthcoming book "The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and The Crusade For America," focuses
on another American hero. "Nobody really knows what really happened beyond Lee Harvey Oswald.
"A lot of history we can now shut down. We even know who Deep Throat is.
"But this remains the great whodunit."
- Michael G. Smith: "On 45th Anniversary of JFK Assassination, Lingering Conspiracies Tarnish History,
Professor Says":
"Historians have pretty much ignored the assassination as a historical event, and they need to weigh in against
the excesses of conspiracy theory as false history," says Michael G. Smith, an associate professor of
history who will teach a spring semester course on the Kennedy assassination. "We need to begin to
respect the dead rather than distort their memory."
"It might take a new generation of scholars, those born after the 'Baby Boom,' who did not live through the event
and who do not have a personal or political stake in President Kennedy's loss, to come to grips with his
assassination. We need to mark it as a simple crime, a murder solved and closed, as well as understand
it as a complex event that has been manipulated and misread."
"There are more than a thousand major books and articles devoted to the Kennedy assassination, but hardly any
of them are by history professors," Smith says. "High school and college history textbooks, for many years,
entertained some of the leading conspiracy theories, and still flirt with them today, oddly enough.
My profession has forfeited its responsibility, but this is an opportunity to change that." -
Newswire Ascribe, 11-19-08
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BIGGEST STORIES:
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BIGGEST STORIES:
- U.S. Census Bureau issues Facts for Features in observance of
Black (African-American) History Month: February 2009
To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American
historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926.
For many years, the second week of February was set aside for this celebration to coincide with the birthdays
of abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, as part of the nation's bicentennial,
the week was expanded into Black History Month. Each year, U. S.
presidents proclaim February as National African-American History Month. -
IBI Times, 12-2-08
- Frank de la Teja: A different take on the first Thanksgiving:
Many Texans, however, prefer to claim that El Paso held the first Thanksgiving 23 years earlier.
That's when Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate arrived with about 600 people at El Paso del Norte
after a harrowing trek across the northern Mexican desert and a successful crossing of the Rio Grande. -
Dallas News, 11-22-08
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:
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IN THE NEWS:
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IN THE NEWS:
- Conrad Bladey: Historian proposes toast for Linthicum:
J. Charles Linthicum's family provided the name of the Anne Arundel County community,
and he did his hometown proud, serving in Congress from 1911 until his death in 1932. The Democrat is best remembered
for his role in the adoption of "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national anthem. But he made a possibly more
significant contribution to American history, according to a local historian: paving the way for the repeal of
Prohibition. -
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AP, 11-29-08
- In American Heritage Magazine North and South Clash Again:
James M. McPherson, a history professor at Princeton and author of "Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander
in Chief," said that many saw the Confederate flag as an incendiary symbol of slavery and that he would have
protested the ad had he been aware of it before publication.
Eric Foner, a Columbia University professor and fellow essayist in the Lincoln issue, said he thought that
the ad was more incongruous than illicit. "The Confederate flag is insulting to a great number of Americans,
not just African-Americans, but it is legal," he said.
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NYT, 11-30-08
- Bernard Lugan: French historian, threatens to walk away from Rwandan court where he's an expert witness -
http://allafrica.com, 11-27-08
- Middle-East Scholars Hear of Academic Repression in Iraq and Iran -
Chronicle of Higher Ed, 11-24-08
- History Employment — Public and Private -
Inside Higher Ed, 11-21-08
- Conrad Black: Seeking clemency from President Bush -
CBC News, 11-20-08
- Richard L. McCormick: Rutgers' McCormick on the hot seat -
Ralph Luker at HNN blog, Cliopatria, 11-20-08
- Joel Beinin creates a skirmish over academic freedom -
Willamette Week, 11-19-08
- Muhammad Sven Kalisch: Professor Hired for Outreach to Muslims Delivers a Jolt -
WSJ, 11-15-08
- Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore: Historians turn to writing a novel
Boston Globe, 11-16-08
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QUOTES:
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QUOTES:
- Phillip Kay "Historian says Romans faced credit crunch":
"The essential similarity between what happened 21 centuries ago and what is happening in today's U.K. economy
is that a massive increase in monetary liquidity culminated with problems in another
country causing a credit crisis at home." -
UPI, 11-28-08
- Jan Shipps: Renowned historian speaks about LDS Church PR problems
ABC4 (SLC, Utah), 11-18-08
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OP-EDs:
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OP-EDs:
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REVIEWS:
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REVIEWS:
- Gordon M. Goldstein: 'The Doves Were Right':
LESSONS IN DISASTER McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam -
NYT, 11-30-08
- Susan Pinkard: The Sophisticated Table:
A REVOLUTION IN TASTE The Rise of French Cuisine, 1650-1800 -
N"YT, 11-30-08
- Robert J. Samuelson: Cycles of Doom
THE GREAT INFLATION AND ITS AFTERMATH The Past and Future of American Affluence
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NYT, 11-30-08
- Sarah Vowell: Mayflower Power
THE WORDY SHIPMATES -
NYT, 11-30-08
- Philip Jenkins: Historian explores Christianity's lost age, land
The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East,
Africa, and Asia - and How It Died
Reuters, 12-1-08
- Alan Wolfe on Thomas J. Sugrue: Uncommon Ground:
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
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NYT, 11-9-08
- Thomas J. Sugrue:
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North, First Chapter
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NYT, 11-9-08
- Thomas J. Sugrue: The other battlefield
The struggle for civil rights in the North, often overshadowed, gets a comprehensive review
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
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Boston Globe, 11-30-08
- Gordon M. Goldstein: 'The Doves Were Right' -
LESSONS IN DISASTER McGeorge Bundy and the Path to War in Vietnam -
NYT, 11-28-08
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WaPo, 11-26-08
- James McPherson: Looking at Lincoln Through a Prism of War -
NYT, 11-21-08
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BEST SELLERS:
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BEST SELLERS (NYT):
- Jon Meacham: AMERICAN LION
#4 -- (2 weeks on list) -
12-7-08
- THE AMERICAN JOURNEY OF BARACK OBAMA, by the editors of Life magazine.
#13 -- (3 weeks on list) -
12-7-08
- Niall Ferguson: THE ASCENT OF MONEY
#19
12-7-08
- Pete Souza: THE RISE OF BARACK OBAMA
#27
12-7-08
- James M. McPherson: TRIED BY WAR
#29
12-7-08
- Doris Kearns Goodwin: TEAM OF RIVALS
#32 -
12-7-08
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BLOGS:
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BLOGS:
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PROFILES:
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PROFILES:
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INTER VIEWS:
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INTERVIEWS:
- Yury Borisyonok "A Historian's Thankless Work":
For the past twenty years, the staff of the Rodina Magazine, an illustrated history journal, has been dissecting
archived historical materials for fragments of the truth to bring into the public domain. -
Russia Profile, 11-30-08
- Niall Ferguson's study of the financial history of the world made him prescient about today:
"Many professional historians would say that I have no business talking about the present or even the recent
past, much less the future. I don't really understand what the point of that self-denial ordinance is because
if historians can't illuminate the future, I don't know who can. There's all sorts of bogus futurology out there,
but in my experience most of what people say about the future is implicitly based on some understanding of the past.
My caveat is simple: There is no such thing as the future, singular. There are futures, plural. And the historian is
quite well-placed to offer plausible scenarios based on past analogies." -
http://www.thestar.com, 11-23-08
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FEATURES:
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FEATURES:
- Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. "Obama as Hoover: The Importance of Storytelling":
As the Obama era takes shape, the roles of both Schlesinger and Michelson deserve attention. Particularly as
Americans are seeing newsmagazines with cover stories comparing the President-elect who campaigned on a dour
vision of scarcity with Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, a considerable leap to understate. -
American Spectator, 12-2-08
- The focus is on Samuel de Champlain -
Burlington Free Press, 12-1-08
- Gordon S. Wood "The Housing-Bubble and the American Revolution ":
Gordon S. Wood, a professor at Brown University and perhaps the pre-eminent living historian on the subject,
counters: "There was a great deal of instability, but that is hardly an explanation for the Revolution.
I don't think you can make a strong argument for an economic interpretation of the Revolution." -
NYT, 11-30-08
- What if Hitler had a love child? Historian A.N. Wilson's "Winnie and Wolf" is a chilling fictional tale
of a clandestine affair. -
Salon, 11-26-08
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HONORS:
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HONORS &APPOINTED:
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SPOTTED:
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NEW ON THE WEB:
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New Web Sites:
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EVENTS:
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EVENTS:
- April 3-4, 2009:The Obama Phenomenon: Race and Political Discourse in the
United States Today, University of Memphis
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ON TV:
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ON TV:
- Lincoln Symposium to air on C-SPAN:
On Saturday, December 6th at 8 p.m., selections from "Lincoln in His Time and Ours," a symposium held on
November 22nd at Columbia University, will air on C-SPAN. -
Gilder Lehrman Institute, 12-4-08
- History Channel: "Last Stand of The 300,"
Friday, December 5, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Barbarians: Goths,"
Friday, December 5, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Surviving History: 07 - Surviving History,"
Friday, December 5, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Modern Marvels: Weapons of Mass Destruction,"
Friday, December 5, @ 6pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Shadow Force: Ghost Ship,"
Friday, December 5, @ 10pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Next Nostradamus,"
Saturday, December 6, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid,"
Saturday, December 6, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "01 - The Wehrmacht: 01 - Attack on Europe,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "02 - The Wehrmacht: 02 - The Turning Point,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 3pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "03 - The Wehrmacht: 03 - The Crimes,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "04 - The Wehrmacht: 04 - Resistance,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "05 - The Wehrmacht: 05 - To the Bitter End,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 6pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "70's Fever,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "History Rocks: The '70s, Part 1,"
Sunday, December 7, @ 10pm ET/PT
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COMING SOON BOOKS:
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COMING SOON BOOKS:
- Scout Tufankjian: Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History Making Presidential Campaign, December 1, 2008
- Gary May: John Tyler: The American Presidents Series: The 10th President, 1841-1845,
December 9, 2008
- Jonathan Brent: Inside the Stalin Archives, December 9, 2008
- Time Magazine: Time President Obama: The Path to the White House, December 16, 2008
- George S. McGovern: Abraham Lincoln: The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865,
December 23, 2008
- Rudy Tomedi: General Matthew Ridgway, December 30, 2008
- Anthony S. Pitch: "They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theater, Abraham Lincoln's
Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance, December 30, 2008
- William E. Leuchtenburg: Herbert Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 (REV), January 6, 2009
- James J. Sheehan: Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe, January 13, 2009
- Gwen Ifill: The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, January 20, 2009
- Daniel Mark Epstein: Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries, January 27, 2009
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DEPARTED:
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DEPARTED:
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HISTORY BUZZ:
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US POLITICS:
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POLITICAL HIGHLIGHTS:
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:
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IN THE NEWS:
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IN THE NEWS:
- Allan Macinnes:
BBC hit by row over 'History of Scotland'
Advisers on landmark new television series quit in protest against its 'anglocentric bias' -
Independent, UK, 11-13-08
- TOM WHEELER: Will oversee science, technology, space and arts for the Obama transition -
AP, 11-12-08
- Uzbekistan historian harassed and intimidated -
Network of Concerned Historians, 11-12-08
- ROM's Dead Sea Scrolls: 2000 years old, always controversial -
National Post, Canada, 11-12-08
- CHNM Releases Omeka -- web publishing platform -
Press Release--Center for History & New Media, 11-11-08
- Glyn Harper: WWI historian backs Keating on Gallipoli stance -
ABC News, AU, 11-11-08
- George Mason U. Responds to Citation Software Lawsuit -
Chronicle of Higher Ed, 11-5-08
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QUOTES:
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QUOTES:
- Andrew Roberts: "Prince Charles turns 60 waiting for throne":
"It can't be easy. Most of us can look forward to our new jobs, but the circumstances under which her reign
comes to an end means that he can't, emotionally and psychologically....
AP, 11-13-08
- Robert Lacey "Milestone for a prince whose life has been a waiting game": "I think he is finally coasting home, perhaps coming to the
realisation that he will never be king or, if he does, he'll be like one of those elderly leaders at the end
of the Soviet era - a sort of royal Andropov, with only a few years.
His significance will lie in what he has accomplished as Prince and what he does to get the next king ready." -
Guardian, UK, 11-13-08
- Eric Hobsbawm: Global financial crisis is the "end of the era" for capitalism:
"The present crisis is certainly the end of the era in the development of the global capitalist economy."
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http://money.uk.msn.com, 11-3-08
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OP-EDs:
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OP-EDs:
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REVIEWS:
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REVIEWS:
- Jack Fischel on Samuel S. Kassow: Forget us not: memorializing the Warsaw Ghetto:
Who Will Write Our History? Who Will Write Our History? Emanuel Ringelblum, The Warsaw Ghetto
and The Oyneg Shabes Archive -
NJ Jewish News, 11-13-08
- Jon Meacham: Elites and Rivals, Beware: He’s Tough as Old Hickory -
AMERICAN LION Andrew Jackson in the White House
NYT, 11-9-08
- Thomas J. Sugrue: Uncommon Ground
SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North -
NYT, 11-9-08
- Thomas J. Sugrue: SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North,
First Chapter -
NYT, 11-9-08
- Peter Ackroyd: Troubled Water THAMES The Biography -
NYT, 11-9-08
- Carlo D'Este: An Officer and a Bulldog
WARLORD A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945 -
NYT, 11-9-08
- Tricia Starks: University of Arkansas Historian Publishes Book on Soviet Health and Hygiene -
University of Arkansas Daily Headlines, AR, 11-13-08
- The new book, Wartime Courage, confirms that the British PM's dogged desire to keep
his old craft skills as a historian alive -
Independent (UK), 11-7-08
- Douglas Brinkley on Jon Meacham, David S. Reynolds, Robert V. Remini:
HISTORY The Warrior President Andrew Jackson fought the British, the Indians and the bankers.
AMERICAN LION Andrew Jackson in the White House, WAKING GIANT
America in the Age of Jackson, ANDREW JACKSON -
WaPo, 11-2-08
- H.W. Brands: HISTORY Overcoming Privilege
Polio crippled FDR physically but strengthened him morally
TRAITOR TO HIS CLASS The Privileged Life and Radical Presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt
WaPo, 11-2-08
- Fred Kaplan: Jonathan Yardley on 'Lincoln' The Literary Preparation of a Great President
LINCOLN The Biography of a Writer -
WaPo, 11-2-08
- James M. McPherson, Craig L. Symonds: HISTORY | BIOGRAPHY Commander-in-Chief How Lincoln learned the art of war.
TRIED BY WAR Abraham Lincoln as Commander In Chief, LINCOLN AND HIS ADMIRALS
Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Navy, and the Civil War -
WaPo, 11-2-08
- Harold Holzer: The Travails of Lincoln's Transition
LINCOLN PRESIDENT-ELECT Abraham Lincoln and the Great Secession Winter 1860-1861 -
WaPo, 11-2-08
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BEST SELLERS:
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BEST SELLERS (NYT):
- James M. McPherson: TRIED BY WAR
#15 -- (4 weeks on list) -
11-16-08
- Andrew Bacevich: THE LIMITS OF POWER
#23 -
11-16-08
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BLOGS:
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BLOGS:
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INTER VIEWS:
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INTERVIEWS:
- Interview: Elizabeth Perry of Harvard University is the outgoing president of the
Association for Asian Studies
China Beat, 11-11-08
- Harold Holzer & James McPherson ask: WWLD? (What would Lincoln Do?) -
Chicago Tribune, 11-9-08
- Andrew Doyle: 2-minute Tuesday: Andrew Doyle, Associate professor of history at Winthrop University -
Herald Online, 11-4-08
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FEATURES:
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FEATURES:
- U.S. history a hot topic for publishers -
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 11-11-08
- James Gregory "UW project sheds light on Klan history":
"People in Washington state really have not known about the strength or impact of the KKK here during the 1920s.
Historians focus on the Klan as a powerful force in places like Oregon, in Midwest states and of course in the South.
But the Klan had tens of thousands of members right here in Washington." -
Bellingham Herald, WA, 11-13-08
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HONORS:
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HONORS &APPOINTED:
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SPOTTED:
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SPOTTED:
- W. Fitzhugh Brundage: UNC professor speaks on South's differing racial perceptions:
"It seems especially relevant in the aftermath of the election...and the way in which many Southerners voted....
These struggles...draw our attention to the profound transformation at work in the contemporary South...
Southerners can no longer assume that their version of the past will be promoted in public places....
We could turn to an era where the culture wars become extremely political." -
Tennessee Journalist, TN, 11-12-08
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EVENTS:
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EVENTS:
- November 15, 2008: FDR-Obama Comparison Is Theme of Columbia Conference
"Restoring America Through a New New Deal: Policy Priorities for the First 100 Days" -
Press Release, 11-11-08
- November 18, 2008: HOWARD ZINN, At Back Pages Books -
Back Pages Books, 289 Moody St., presents a post-election State of the Union discussion with acclaimed historian,
professor, and activist Howard Zinn, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 7 p.m. Zinn is the author of "The People's History of
the United States of America" and the recently published graphic work "The People's History of the American Empire."
Cost is $12. -
Daily News Tribune, 11-13-08
- April 3-4, 2009:The Obama Phenomenon: Race and Political Discourse in the
United States Today, University of Memphis
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ON TV:
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ON TV:
- PBS, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Oswald's Ghost -
Monday, November 17 at 9pm on PBS --
American Experience Mondays at 9pm on PBS (check local listings.)
- History Channel: "The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth,"
Friday, November 14, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Battlefield Detectives: The Civil War: Antietam,"
Friday, November 14, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Horrors at Andersonville Prison: The Trial of Henry Wirz,"
Friday, November 14, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Battlefield Detectives: The Civil War: Gettysburg,"
Friday, November 14, @ 6pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Modern Marvels: Civil War Tech,"
Friday, November 14, @ 7pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "The Antichrist,"
Saturday, November 15, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "The World Trade Center: Rise and Fall of an American Icon,"
Saturday, November 15, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Quest for the Lost Ark,"
Sunday, November 16, @ 3pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Hell: The Devil's Domain,"
Monday, November 17, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "History's Mysteries: Hell's Angels,"
Monday, November 17, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Einstein,"
Monday, November 17, @ 9pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Violent Earth: Nature's Fury: New England's Killer Hurricane,"
Tuesday, November 18, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "The Wrath Of God: Buffalo Blizzard: Seige and Survival,"
Tuesday, November 18, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem,"
Wednesday, November 19, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Organized Crime: A World History: Colombia,"
Wednesday, November 19, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "The True Story of Charlie Wilson,"
Thursday, November 20, @ 2pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Stalking Jihad,"
Thursday, November 20, @ 4pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "History's Mysteries: Ship of Gold,"
Thursday, November 20, @ 7pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Cities Of The Underworld: Secret Sin City,"
Thursday, November 20, @ 10pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Street Gangs: A Secret History,"
Saturday, November 22, @ 5pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy,"
Saturday, November 22, @ 8pm ET/PT
- History Channel: "Kennedys: The Curse of Power,"
Saturday, November 22, @ 8pm ET/PT
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COMING SOON BOOKS:
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COMING SOON BOOKS:
- Carlo D'Este: Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War, 1874-1945, November 11, 2008
- Jon Meacham, American Lion: Andrew Jackson in the White House, November 11, 2008
- Michael Burlingame: Abraham Lincoln: A Life, November 14, 2008
- Peter W. Kunhardt: Looking for Lincoln: The Making of an American Icon, November 18, 2008
- Scout Tufankjian: Yes We Can: Barack Obama's History Making Presidential Campaign, December 1, 2008
- Gary May: John Tyler: The American Presidents Series: The 10th President, 1841-1845,
December 9, 2008
- Jonathan Brent: Inside the Stalin Archives, December 9, 2008
- Time Magazine: Time President Obama: The Path to the White House, December 16, 2008
- George S. McGovern: Abraham Lincoln: The American Presidents Series: The 16th President, 1861-1865,
December 23, 2008
- Rudy Tomedi: General Matthew Ridgway, December 30, 2008
- Anthony S. Pitch: "They Have Killed Papa Dead!": The Road to Ford's Theater, Abraham Lincoln's
Murder, and the Rage for Vengeance, December 30, 2008
- William E. Leuchtenburg: Herbert Hoover: The 31st President, 1929-1933 (REV), January 6, 2009
- James J. Sheehan: Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?: The Transformation of Modern Europe, January 13, 2009
- Gwen Ifill: The Breakthrough: Politics and Race in the Age of Obama, January 20, 2009
- Daniel Mark Epstein: Lincoln's Men: The President and His Private Secretaries, January 27, 2009
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DEPARTED:
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DEPARTED:
- Studs Terkel's Legacy: A Vivid Window on the Great Depression -
NYT, 11-8-08
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CAMPAIGN 2008:
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CAMPAIGN 2008 WATCH:
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BIGGEST STORIES:
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BIGGEST STORIES: Halloween
- John Demos: At Halloween: Every witch way to Salem -
Boston Herald, 10-26-08
- John Demos "Historian examines witch hunts past and present ":
"Connecticut would have been the leader in witch hunting if it hadn't been for Salem,"
historian John Demos told a full house the Windsor Historical Society. -
Windsor Journal, 10-23-08
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY:
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IN THE NEWS:
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IN THE NEWS:
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REVIEWED AND FIRST CHAPTERS:
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REVIEWED AND FIRST CHAPTERS:
- JAY WINIK on DAVID S. REYNOLDS: Young America's Wild Side
Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson -
NYT, 10-26-08
- DAVID S. REYNOLDS: Waking Giant: America in the Age of Jackson, First Chapter -
NYT, 10-26-08
- John D. Gartner: Jonathan Yardley on 'In Search of Bill Clinton'
Putting Bill Clinton on the couch
IN SEARCH OF BILL CLINTON A Psychological Biography -
WaPo, 10-23-08
- Timothy W. Ryback: Michael Dirda on 'Hitler's Private Library'
The Führer loved his library, but what good did it do?
HITLER'S PRIVATE LIBRARY The Books That Shaped His Life -
WaPo, 10-26-08
- Treasure Trove of Newsreels Rediscovered by Film Historian -
Press Release, 10-21-08
- Annette Gordon-Reed's new book on the Hemingses called valuable but flawed -
Eric Foner in the NYT Book Review, 10-3-08
- Pierre Berton: Canadian historian Berton had his own secrets -
Vancouver Sun, 10-13-08
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BLOGS:
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BLOGS:
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PROFILED:
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PROFILED:
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INTERVIEWS:
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INTERVIEWS:
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FEATURES:
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FEATURES:
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QUOTED:
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QUOTED:
- Robert Caro "Former JFK, LBJ aide Nicholas Katzenbach remembers years in Washington":
"He is a central figure in so many of the pivotal episodes of American history of the 1960s,"
says Robert Caro, who has interviewed Katzenbach for the fourth and final volume of his series of books on
Lyndon Johnson. "And he has the ability, which not every participant has, to see the larger implications
of their actions." -
Canadian Press, 10-24-08
- Sean Wilentz "Former JFK, LBJ aide Nicholas Katzenbach remembers years in Washington":
"Nick has been a truly noble public servant," says historian Sean Wilentz, who praises Katzenbach as a model for a
time when government officials were "honest pursuers of justice, without ideological axes to grind." -
Canadian Press, 10-24-08
- Alan Kraut says it's time to get the immigrant story right -
Francis X. Clines in the NYT, 10-11-08
- David Fowler: Historian says Beatles were just capitalists, and not youth heroes -
Guardian (UK), 10-9-08
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HONORED / AWARDED:
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HONORED, AWARDED, APPOINTED:
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SPOTTED:
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SPOTTED:
- John Demos "Historian examines witch hunts past and present ":
"Connecticut would have been the leader in witch hunting if it hadn't been for Salem,"
historian John Demos told a full house the Windsor Historical Society. -
Windsor Journal, 10-23-08
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CALENDAR:
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CALENDAR:
- October 30, 2008: Columbia University Historian to Lecture on Illegal Immigration -
Mae Ngai, the Lung Family Professor of Asian American Studies and professor of history at Columbia University will give the
talk, "Illegal Immigration to the United States: Origins and Consequences," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30 in the
Wailes Lounge at the Elston Inn & Conference Center. -
Sweet Briar College, 10-23-08
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ON TV:
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- The Weather Channel's original program: "When Weather Changed History":
Season 2 debuts October 5 with an episode dedicated to the Chicago Fire of 1871. Repeats of Season 1 are on
Every Sunday at 9pmET with re-airings through out the week. -
When Weather Changed History
- Ken Burns: PBS to air his national parks series next year -
AP, 7-13-08
- PBS, AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: LBJ, Part Two
Monday, October 27 at 9pm on PBS --
As this year'
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