By examining the longer history of engagement between academics and those outside the
academy and reflecting on recent experiences of collaboration, this paper provides a critical …

Twenty years ago, just as the study of policy was emerging out of the morass of political
history, historians of women rediscovered the state. What I will name the policy turn …

Arthur Wilson, in his History of Great Britain,(1653) named William Fiennes, first Viscount
Saye and Sele, as among the few 'gallant Spirits' who 'aimed at the publick Liberty more …

A cultural approach to the study of the French Revolution took off in the 1980s as a result of
the coincidence of new intellectual and political currents with celebrations of the …

The case study of Bresee's Department Store in Oneonta, New York, suggests that small-
town department stores were not necessarily fully “modern” by the early twentieth century …

Jürgen Habermas's concept of the 'public sphere'continues to be profoundly influential
among historians, despite reservations about its applicability. The influence of Michel …

Following the Black Death—a pandemic that swept through Afro-Eurasia from 1331 to 1353,
killing as much as two-thirds of the population—a major shift occurred in caring for the sick …

In 1820, the Pennsylvania state legislature passed the nation's first liberty law. Over the
course of debating this legislation, state legislators identified specific cases of free African …

University Press. Morales delivered her speech during the Southern Historical Association's
annual meeting on November 10, 2023, in Charlotte, North Carolina. The Society of Civil …

The late British artist Donald Rodney (1961–98) developed a unique vocabulary critiquing
wider representations of the black male body that extended beyond his status as a person …