Who’s missing in early American sociology? W. E. B. Du Bois and Marx
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DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2017.1248998
Abstract: Aldon Morris’ recent book The Scholar Denied (Morris 2015) masterfully demonstrates the importance of W. E. B. Du Bois in early American Sociology, despite its contested status during all his life. It is interesting to… read more here.
Keywords: bois; bois marx; sociology; early american ... See more keywords
Other People’s Money: How Banking Worked in the Early American Republic
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DOI: 10.1080/14664658.2018.1478202
Abstract: link between the War of Independence and the Civil War. Hickey concludes by stating that, as a result of New Orleans, the British subsequently took an accommodating instead of confrontational approach towards the U.S. This… read more here.
Keywords: american republic; worked early; early american; money banking ... See more keywords
The New Middle Kingdom: China and the Early American Romance of Free Trade
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DOI: 10.1080/14664658.2018.1516375
Abstract: The Chinese characters for China (中國) literally translate as “middle” or “central” country. According to Kendall Johnson's new monograph, early nineteenth-century Americans envisioned themselves as... read more here.
Keywords: new middle; china early; kingdom china; american romance ... See more keywords
The Overseers of Early American Slavery: Supervisors, Enslaved Labourers, and the Plantation Enterprise
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DOI: 10.1080/14664658.2020.1840728
Abstract: Laura Sandy’s new book aims to upend the stereotype of the overseer on southern plantations, one of a violent and largely unskilled man drawn from the lowest white social class. Instead, Sandy pres... read more here.
Keywords: enslaved labourers; american slavery; overseers early; supervisors enslaved ... See more keywords
Groundless: Rumors, Legends, and Hoaxes on the Early American Frontier by Gregory Evans Dowd (review)
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DOI: 10.1353/jer.2017.0060
Abstract: Imagine the surprise of Henry Rowe Schoolcraft when, on a humid July day in 1846, he picked up a copy of the Albany Argus, a New York state Democratic Party newspaper, only to learn that… read more here.
Keywords: groundless rumors; rumors legends; legends hoaxes; gregory evans ... See more keywords
The State Is Back In: What Now?
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DOI: 10.1353/jer.2018.0007
Abstract: Abstract:This essay challenges the theory-driven approach to early American statecraft that was popularized by political scientist Stephen Skowronek by surveying recent historical writing on the early American state. Much of this writing falls into one… read more here.
Keywords: state; early republic; state back; american state ... See more keywords
Review: Essays in Early American Architectural History: A View from the Chesapeake , by Carl R. Lounsbury
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DOI: 10.1525/jsah.2017.76.2.250
Abstract: Carl R. Lounsbury. Essays in Early American Architectural History: A View from the Chesapeake Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, 268 pp., 136 b/w illus. $38.50 (paper), ISBN 9780813932293 This collection of essays is an… read more here.
Keywords: architectural history; carl lounsbury; essays early; history ... See more keywords