The Real Thing

Our cover this month has a double meaning. We’re delighted to present a behind-the-scenes take from Bart Elmore on researching and writing his book, Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism. Elmore shows us how researching the soft drink, ingredient by ingredient, yielded insights about the history of US capitalism. As it turns out, Elmore is a native of Atlanta, Georgia, where the AHA will be holding its 2016 annual meeting, January 7–10. In our expanded meeting coverage this fall, you’ll find nuts and bolts of conference-going, but we also hope you’ll discover Atlanta.

Photograph: Isabelle Smeall.

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Staff

Allison Miller, editor
Stephanie Kingsley, associate editor, web content and social media
Sadie Bergen, editorial assistant
Liz Townsend, coordinator, professional data and job center

Other Articles

October 1, 2015

From the National Coalition for History

Where Federal Funding for History Programs Stands as FY 2016 Begins

October 1, 2015

From the National History Center

New Mock Briefings Program Shows Student-Historians How to Inform Policy

October 6, 2015

From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

The Past for the Present
Historians gather on the AHA's patio.

October 19, 2015

From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

DC Historians Find Community in 150-Year-Old Institution of Lunch
SingSingprisoners

October 13, 2015

From the National History Center, Perspectives Daily

How We Became the “Jailhouse Nation”
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October 22, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Mairi S. MacDonald
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October 15, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Javier Puente
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October 7, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Emily J. Levine
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October 1, 2015

Member Spotlight, Perspectives Daily

AHA Member Spotlight: Michael A. McDonnell
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October 1, 2015

Letters to the Editor

On the Hans Rothfels Chair at Brown University
Pen with paper and envelopes

October 1, 2015

Letters to the Editor

On “Counterfactual History”
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October 1, 2015

In Memoriam

Sheldon Hackney (1933–2013)
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October 1, 2015

In Memoriam

Thomas Head (1956–2014)
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October 1, 2015

In Memoriam

David E. Kyvig (1944–2015)
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October 1, 2015

In Memoriam

Terence Ranger (1929–2015)
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October 1, 2015

In Memoriam

Robert Solomon Wistrich (1945–2015)

News

Daveed Diggs as Marquis de Lafayette, Okieriete Onaodowan as Hercules Mulligan, Anthony Ramos as John Laurens and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Alexander Hamilton in Hamilton. Credit: Production Photo by Joan Marcus.

October 26, 2015

News, Perspectives Daily

On Hamilton and Learning to Think Historically
The cardboard shell of one of the anti-WTO activists, now held in the Smithsonian National Museum of American History

October 1, 2015

News

Democratic Capitalism
In Mapping Occupation, posts appear as circles, the varying sizes of which indicate the number of troops stationed there. Colors denote the presence of black troops and cavalry.

October 1, 2015

News

Plotting Freedom
Courtesy of Folger Shakespeare Library. John Dowland, The First Booke of Songes or Ayres of fowre partes with Tableture for the Lute, London, 1597. Notice how the tenor, bass, and alto parts are rotated; this format enabled several lute players to sit around a table and read from the same book. The Folger Consort will be performing Dowland’s music for its January program.

October 1, 2015

News

Notes from the Past
Thin lines of light in green, blue, and yellow in a curved shape against the night sky.

October 12, 2015

News, Perspectives Daily

Where Can You Find Data on Career Prospects for History Majors?