Dear Editor, I read with pleasure John Anthony Scott's article, "There Is Another Way," (Perspectives, May/June 1991, Teaching Innovations). Over fifteen years ago I was introduced to Dr. Scott's exci...

Under the bylaws pursuant to Article VIII, Sections 2, 3, and 4 of the constitution, the executive director invites all members of the Association to submit to him, on or before December 15, recommend...

Editor's Note: The following surveys and directories are cosponsored by the National Association for Chicano Studies and the American Historical Association's Committee on Minority Historians. The CMH...

Having served repeatedly on departmental search committees in recent years and having participated in convention interviews, I thought it might be worthwhile to offer a few suggestions that might bett...

One of the more difficult tasks of the history teacher is to have students gain some sense of how we know what we know about the past. This is important for the undergraduate history major, particular...

Editor's Note: This past June marked the debut of the second volume on the history of the U.S. Senate. The volumes are a series of speeches given to the Senate over the past several years by Senator R...

A generation of students born after the civil rights revolution is now at the doorsteps of America's colleges and universities. While most of them have only a peripheral knowledge or understanding of ...

Roger Bilstein and Timothy R. Mahaney are the sixth annual recipients of the Fellowships in Aerospace History, a program supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The fell...

The 1992 annual meeting of the Association will be held in Washington, DC, December 27-30. The Program Committee welcomes proposals by all members of the Association, by scholars in related discipline...

The 106th annual meeting will be held in Chicago and headquartered at the Chicago Hilton and Towers. Please use the reservation form for hotel accommodations on page 5 (this form may be copied as need...