39:5/ May 1998

Contents of the online version of the print edition

From the Director's Desk

• Connecting Through Departments
  by Sandria B. Freitag

News

• California Academic Standards Commission Develops Standards for History-Social Science
  by Amy Smith Bell
• Campaign Reform: Attack on Nonprofits Stalled for Now
• NAACP: A Historian at the Helm
• National History Day to be Celebrated in June
• Replica of Amistad to Be Constructed by 2000

Teaching

Contributing Editor: David Trask

• "Hisperanto": Western Civilization in the Global Curriculum
  by Michael F. Boyle

International

• Is There a "Crisis" of History in France?
  by Christophe Prochasson

Timelines

• School History Standards: Back to the Future?

Viewpoints

• Has the Battle Been Won? The Feminization of History
  by Lynn Hunt
• Teaching High School History: The Power of the Personal
  by Ann White
• Adapting the PhD Oral Exam: A Call for Discussion
  by Peter N. Stearns

AHA Activities

• Do We Need a Spousal/Partner Hiring Policy? An Open Forum Sponsored by the Committee on Women Historians
  by Carla Hesse

In Memoriam

• Fredrick Aandahl
• Henry Steele Commager
• John W. Hall
• John A. Phillips

NCC Advocacy Update

• by Page Putnam Miller

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