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A Century Later: Frederick Jackson Turner and the Spanish-American War
April 1, 1998
Historians are notoriously reluctant to address contemporary events. It used to be argued that only with the advantage of hindsight could the "meaning" of an event be adequately assessed. In contrast ...
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Preserving the Past: Into the Future with Terry Sanders
April 1, 1998
When ancient lithographers chiseled with lapidary skill their masters' voices into stone, they knew that their work would endure. When cloistered monks incised their illuminated uncials and italics in...
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Minority Histories, Subaltern Pasts: A Rejoinder
April 1, 1998
I am grateful to Professor Spitzer for his comments on my "Viewpoints" piece "Minority Histories, Subaltern Pasts" (Perspectives, November 1997). My essay was compressed from a larger version, so the ...
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New Directions at the NEH
April 1, 1998
William R. Ferris Jr., head of the National Endowment for the Humanities, has put forth a new plan entitled "Rediscovering America: The Humanities and the Millennium," as his first major project since...
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1998 Nominations for Elective Office
April 1, 1998
The Nominating Committee for 1998--99, chaired by Lillie Johnson Edwards (Drew Univ.), met in Washington, D.C., January 31--February 2, 1998, and offers the following candidates for offices of the Ass...
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Moral Fables and Cautionary Tales from the Job Market
April 1, 1998
One of the responsibilities of the AHA's Professional Division is to monitor the market for jobs in history. A few years ago, issues such as plagiarism and allegations of unprofessional conduct compri...
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A Hierarchy of History Programs: The U.S. News & World Report Rankings
April 1, 1998
Despite concerns by many in the academy, U.S. News & World Report published new rankings of PhD and professional programs late last month. The lists rank history programs using "reputation ratings." T...
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Letters to the Editor: On Engendering History
April 1, 1998
To the Editor: As a historian who researches, writes, and teaches about "gender" and "women" (as well as race, sex, and a good deal more) in American history, I feel compelled to respond to Norman B. ...
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Belonging Together
April 1, 1998
In this space last month you may have read my personal reflections on why I, a historian of Africa, supported the American Historical Association through more than a few years—even at a time when Afri...
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Indiana University History Departments Talk about History
March 1, 1998
This past October, just under three decades since the last all-university meeting, representatives from the history departments of seven of the eight Indiana University campuses met at the Indiana His...