48:9 / December 2010

Contents of the online version of the print edition

From the President

• Hasta la vista and Farewell
  By Barbara D. Metcalf
  
  
  

From the Executive Director

• Historical Malpractice and the Writing of Textbooks
  By Jim Grossman
  
  
  

News

• National Humanities Alliance Calls for Participation in Humanities Day Events
  
  
• AHA 2010 Election Results
  
  
• What's in the December AHR?
  By Konstantin Dierks and Sarah Knott
  
  
• NRC Report Provides Data on History Doctoral Programs
  By Robert B. Townsend
  
  
• The History News Service:
  Fourteen Years On
  By Joyce Appleby
  and James M. Banner, Jr.
  
  
  

Viewpoints

• Why Midterms Matter
  The Historical Perspective
  By Julian E. Zelizer
  
  
  

The Coalition Column

• The Impact of the 2010 Congressional Election: Some Initial Thoughts
  By Lee White
  
  
• News Briefs
  
  
  

The Profession

• Assimilation of New Media into History Teaching:
  Some Snapshots from the Edge
  By Robert B. Townsend
  
  
• Job Market Etiquette
  By Katharine Hijar
  
  
  

The Art of History

• Lessons of History
  By Christopher Tomlins
  
  
  

State of the Field

• American Peace History since the Vietnam War
  By Charles F. Howlett
  
  
  

AHA Activities

• Donors to the Association
  (January 1, 2010, through October 31, 2010)
  
  
  

Letters to the Editor

• Following Research Threads
  
• Professors, the Profession, and Public Historians
  
• More on The Battle of Algiers
  
• Scholars and Teachers
  
• Mass Rites
  
  
  

2012 Annual Meeting

• Call for Proposals: The 126th Annual Meeting of the AHA
  By Jacob Soll and Jennifer Siegel
  
  
  

Statement on Ownership, Management, and Circulation

• 2010
  
  
  

In Memoriam

• Werner Thomas Angress
  
• John Anthony Scott
  
  
  

The cover of the print edition. It shows detail from a study by Elihu Vedder (1836–1923) of "Peace," drawn for the mural, Peace and Prosperity, in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress. Digital image courtesy Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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Perspectives Online (ISSN: 1556-8563) is the electronic version
of Perspectives on History (ISSN: 0743-7021).