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The cover shows landless dalits (oppressed castes) demonstrating in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, in favor of land reforms. December 2005 photograph by P. Goutham, © THE HINDU. Reproduced with permission. The weaving of dalit politics into India’s (and of humanity’s) political history is discussed in two of the essays in this thematically focused issue of Perspectives on History.

Perspectives cover May 2011

Staff

Pillarisetti Sudhir, editor
David Darlington, associate editor
Christian Hale, production manager and layout
Liz Townsend, editorial assistant
Vernon Horn, internet projects manager
Elisabeth Grant, web content editor

Featured Articles

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May 1, 2011

Features

Political History Today
landless dalits (oppressed castes) demonstrating in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, in favor of land reforms. December 2005 photograph by P. Goutham, © THE HINDU. Reproduced with permission.

May 1, 2011

Features

The Interdisciplinarity of Political History
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May 1, 2011

Features

Political History after the Cultural Turn
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May 1, 2011

Features

The History of Feminism Is Political History
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May 1, 2011

Features

Optimism and Political History
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May 1, 2011

Features

Histories of Politics after Political History
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May 1, 2011

Features

Researching Representation
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May 1, 2011

Features

“On Such a Full Sea Are We Now Afloat”
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May 1, 2011

Features

Diplomatic History and the Political Science Wars
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May 1, 2011

Features

The Business in Between
landless dalits (oppressed castes) demonstrating in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, in favor of land reforms. December 2005 photograph by P. Goutham, © THE HINDU. Reproduced with permission.

May 1, 2011

Features

The Digital Revolution and Teaching about Memory and Political History
landless dalits (oppressed castes) demonstrating in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, in favor of land reforms. December 2005 photograph by P. Goutham, © THE HINDU. Reproduced with permission.

May 1, 2011

Features

Violence in Political History
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May 1, 2011

Features

Searching out the Sacred in US Political History
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May 1, 2011

Features

Putting the People Back into Politics
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May 1, 2011

Features

Using Digital Resources to Teach US Policy in the Middle East
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May 1, 2011

Features

Research Resources for Diplomatic History
landless dalits (oppressed castes) demonstrating in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, in favor of land reforms. December 2005 photograph by P. Goutham, © THE HINDU. Reproduced with permission.

May 1, 2011

Features

Political Resources Waiting to Be Mined
landless dalits (oppressed castes) demonstrating in Salem, Tamil Nadu, India, in favor of land reforms. December 2005 photograph by P. Goutham, © THE HINDU. Reproduced with permission.

May 1, 2011

Features

Revisiting the Early American Republic

From the AHA

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May 1, 2011

From the Executive Director, From the President

The Imperative of Public Participation

Other Articles

May 1, 2011

From the National Coalition for History

What Does the Fiscal 2011 Budget Hold for the History and Archives Communities?

May 1, 2011

From the National Coalition for History

Board Says No to Casino on Hallowed Ground
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May 1, 2011

News

Eric Foner Receives the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for History
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May 31, 2011

News, Perspectives Daily

Historians Among 2011 ACLS Fellows and Grant Winners
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May 2, 2011

News, Perspectives Daily

A Historian’s Historian
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May 1, 2011

In Memoriam

John Philip Dawson (1928–2010)
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May 1, 2011

In Memoriam

Harry Rosenberg (1923–2010)
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May 1, 2011

In Memoriam

Donald George Quataert (1941–2011)
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May 1, 2011

In Memoriam

Paul Kenneth Longmore (1946–2010)
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May 1, 2011

In Memoriam

Elisabeth Glaser (1954–2010)
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May 1, 2011

In Memoriam

Nora Faires (1949–2011)

News

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May 1, 2011

News

History Faculty Salaries Fall Behind Inflation and the Rest of Academia
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May 25, 2011

News, Perspectives Daily

New Report Finds US History Majors Highest Earners in Humanities
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May 23, 2011

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National Jukebox
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May 17, 2011

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A New Nation Votes
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May 15, 2011

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British Request for Oral History Records Raises Complex and Difficult Questions
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May 4, 2011

News, Perspectives Daily

James Percoco Inducted into National Teachers Hall of Fame