American
History
New and Forthcoming Titles
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Mob Rule in the Ozarks
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Men of No Reputation
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Containing Multitudes
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Containing Multitudes
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A Spectacular Leap
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Curating the American Past
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Lynching and Leisure
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Rising Star
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American Atrocity
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The Provisions of War
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George Dixon
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Better Living by Their Own Bootstraps
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Ozark Country
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The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas
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Shared Secrets
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Minuteman
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Subject Area: American History
Containing multitudes. The understanding of our American identity is an endeavor requiring an expansive and inclusive approach to content and discipline, and our editorial program in American history is thusly marked by varied contributions from scholars in African American studies, Arkansas and regional studies, food studies, and sports studies. We welcome imaginative and insightful book proposals that cross genres, hybridize methodologies, and blur lines, bringing both problematization and inspiration to anyone seeking American truths.
News
Now Available! Curating the American Past
Pete Daniel’s Memoir of a Quarter Century at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History
The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Arkansas reviewed in the Missouri Historical Review
“A welcome addition to what has become a revival of scholarly interest regarding the Second Ku Klux Klan…”
Announcing the Forthcoming Publication of Race, Labor, and Violence in the Delta
Examines the history of labor relations and racial conflict in the Mississippi Valley from the Civil War into the late twentieth century.
Guy Lancaster on Ozarks at Large
American Atrocity tears down the historic scaffolding upholding the historic rationale for racialized lynching in America to make way for the true reasons behind the violent practice.
Now Available: American Atrocity: The Types of Violence in Lynching by Guy Lancaster
In this new treatise, historian Guy Lancaster exposes the multiple forms of violence hidden beneath the singular label of lynching.
Now Available! The Provisions of War: Expanding the Boundaries of Food and Conflict, 1840–1990
New book highlights the connections between food and military history.