April 15, 2024
In 1904, prospectors discovered oil in the rural parishes of North Louisiana just outside Shreveport. As rural cotton fields gave way to dense, industrial centers of energy extraction, migrants from… READ MORE
February 1, 2024
To kick off Black History Month, we’re sharing an excerpt from David Ponton III’s much-anticipated book Houston and the Permanence of Segregation: An Afropessimist Approach to Urban History, a history… READ MORE
January 5, 2024
This week marks the annual meeting of the American Historical Association (#AHA24) in San Francisco! We’ll be sharing our newest titles, course essentials, and award-winning books on the history of… READ MORE
January 1, 2024
Camelids—a category which includes llamas, alpacas, and vicuñas—are vital to the cultures and economies of the Andes. The animals have also been at the heart of ecological and social catastrophe:… READ MORE
December 26, 2023
Damon Scott’s book The City Aroused is a lively history of urban development and its influence on queer political identity in postwar San Francisco. By reconstructing the planning and queer history… READ MORE
November 22, 2023
From the closing years of the nineteenth century, women received subtle—and not so subtle—messages that they shouldn’t be in public. Or, if they were, that they were not safe. Georgina… READ MORE
July 5, 2023
In Paul Hay’s new book, Saeculum: Defining Historical Eras in Ancient Roman Thought, he discusses connections between the concept of time periods and politics in ancient Rome. We asked him… READ MORE
June 20, 2023
J. P. Telotte’s new book, Selling Science Fiction Cinema, explores marketing efforts in the golden age of science fiction. As science fiction transformed the way Hollywood did business, Hollywood transformed… READ MORE
March 31, 2023
On a Sunday morning in 1968, Horace Busby—speechwriter and advisor to Lyndon Johnson during LBJ’s time in the House, the Senate, and the White House—was summoned to the president’s quarters… READ MORE
February 7, 2023
In a Washington Post op-ed titled “The fall of Roe forecasts trouble ahead for key LGBTQ rights,” author Wesley Phelps outlines the connections among several Supreme Court battles that have… READ MORE
