Process: A Blog for American History
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Process is the blog of the Organization of American Historians, The Journal of American History, and The American Historian, dedicated to exploring the process of doing history and the multifaceted ways of engaging with the U.S. past.
Process: A Blog for American History
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The June issue of the Journal of American History is now available online and in print. Included are articles by Jessica Choppin Roney, Jennifer Thomson, Calvin Cheung-Miaw, and Benjamin Madley’s Editor’s Choice article, “‘Aloha with tears’: Native Hawaiians in the California Gold Rush, 1848–1860.” The pieces cover a wide variety of topics, including the imperial ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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This piece is a response to our call for submissions on U.S. Intervention in Latin America and on Histories of Political Protest in the U.S. For our submission guidelines, click here. In late 1980, mere weeks after Ronald Reagan’s election as President, a dockworker discovered a huge cache of U.S. weapons sitting on a San Francisco ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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Masters of the Air. Dir. Cary Joji Fukunaga, Dee Rees, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck, Tim Van Patten. Prod. Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, and Steven Spielberg. Amblin Television and Apple Studios, 2024. Streaming. Telling the story of the World War II-era United States Eighth Air Force—the focus of the new Apple TV+ series Masters of the ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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In the December 2023 issue of the Journal of American History, Rachel A. Shelden and Erik B. Alexander argue that our understanding of nineteenth-century politics has been hindered by a framework known as the party system model, which offers a view of parties as top-down institutions focused on capturing the national government. Reliance on this framework has ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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This piece is a response to our Call for Submissions: Histories of Political Protest in the U.S. For our submission guidelines, click here. In 1974, when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Moscow’s bid to host the 1980 Summer Olympics, it set off a wave of protests among activists who felt that the Soviet government’s ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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In anticipation of the upcoming 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, Process invites proposals and submissions for an upcoming series on the histories of sport in the United States. We are open to a wide range of topics and approaches. This could include pieces about sports activism and politics; the athletic field or court as a site ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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Day two of the 2024 Annual Meeting for the Organization of American Historians brought sunny weather and another slate of great panels, presentations, and events. Participants ventured out into the beautiful French Quarter to explore local history and take advantage of the tours and offsite sessions offered by the conference. The day opened with a ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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The 2024 Annual Meeting for the Organization of American Historians opened Thursday. Attendees braved storms and flood warnings to arrive at the Marriott Hotel in New Orleans, located in the historic French Quarter on Canal Street. We are lucky enough to be here during the French Quarter Festival, giving attendees the chance to take a ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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This piece is part of Process‘s series on U.S. intervention in Latin America. If you are interested in submitting a piece on the United States in Latin America, see our CFP here and our submission guidelines here. Content Warning: This article discusses medical experimentation and physical and sexual abuse of children. In October 2010, the ..read more
Process: a blog for american history
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In light of the recent 30th anniversary of the U.S. Apology to the Hawaiian people, I sat down with former Hawai‘i Governor John Waiheʻe III to discuss its enduring legal implications. In 1993, the U.S. Congress issued the Apology as a joint-resolution, signed into law by President Bill Clinton, “to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of ..read more