American History Now

Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and the author of numerous works on American history. He has served as president of the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, and the Society of American Historians. His most recent book is The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery. Lisa McGirr is Professor of History at Harvard University. Her research focuses on politics and social movements in the twentieth-century. The author of the award winning book: Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right, she is currently working on a book entitled Prohibition and the Making of Modern America.

"[T]he contributors offer thoughtful analyses of past trends within the profession and informed discussions of the future of this organization and the historical profession more generally... [There are] many insights contained in each of the important essays in American History Now, [and] certain themes do emerge from this body of work... This fine volume will be useful to historians at various stages of their careers." Journal of Southern History, November 2012

• Volume Editors’ PrefaceSeries Editor’s PrefacePart I: Eras of the American Past1. Squaring the Circles: The Reach of Colonial America • Alan Taylor2. American Revolution and Early Republic • Woody Holton3. Jacksonian America • Seth Rockman4. Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction • Adam Rothman5. The Possibilities of Politics: Democracy in America, 1877 to 1917 • Robert D. Johnston6. The Interwar Years • Lisa McGirr7. The Uncertain Future of American Politics, 1940 to 1973 • Meg Jacobs8. 1973 to the Present • Kim Phillips-FeinPart II: Major Themes in the American Experience9. The United States in the World • Erez Manela10. The “Cultural Turn” • Lawrence B. Glickman11. American Religion • John T. McGreevy12. Frontiers, Borderlands, Wests • Stephen Aron13. Environmental History • Sarah T. Phillips14. History of American Capitalism • Sven Beckert15. Women’s and Gender History • Rebecca Edwards16. Immigration and Ethnic History • Mae M. Ngai17. American Indians and the Study of U. S. History • Ned Blackhawk18. African-American History • Kevin GainesContributors