Book History
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New Year, Fresh Look
AHA Activities
Mark Philip Bradley, Manuel Martinez Alvarenga, Marlena Boswell, Isti Bhattacharya, Miguel Cruz-Díaz, Justin Hawkins, Brian Quinn, and Thomas Stephens | Feb 23, 2022
The latest issue of the journal has been completely redesigned and introduces the AHR History Lab. -
The Abortionist
Everything Has a History
Gillian Frank | Nov 29, 2021
Pulp novels of the mid-20th century were titillating and salacious—but this book appeared as abortion became more accepted among Americans. -
AHA Member Spotlight: Sarah E. Gardner
Perspectives Daily
Matthew Keough | Aug 28, 2018
Sarah E. Gardner is distinguished professor of history at Mercer University. -
The Story of the Multigraph Collective
News
Allison Miller | May 1, 2018
The Multigraph Collective, a group of 22 scholars, is behind Interacting with Print, a new book about print culture and...
Most Recent
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Race, Print, and Digital Humanities
Amy E. Earhart and Maura Ives | Jan 22, 2018
Amy Earhart and Maura Ives taught students to apply the methods of book history-enumerative bibliography and scholarly editing-to the African American literary corpus. -
Book History: A Perspectives Quick Study
Stephanie Kingsley | Oct 17, 2016
A map of Europe spreads across the computer screen . . . green land, blue ocean, lightly emphasized ... -
Generation Past
David Spear | Oct 17, 2016
Once there was a history book series that was so successful, it lured an entire generation of young ... -
Textual Studies and Book History at the AHA Annual Meeting
Stephanie Kingsley | Jan 5, 2016
Historians often rely on the written record to reconstruct the past. Documents, printed books, and other artifacts all provide historians... -
The Practice of Book History: Between and Beyond Disciplines
Stephanie Kingsley | Jan 3, 2015
It has been about eight months since I finished my master’s thesis—a book history and critical edition of James Fenimore Cooper’s...