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MAH's editors are looking to publish more Photoarticles features—an article form that is supported foremost by visual evidence. We're particuarly interested in considering pieces that use fashion as a source. See link for previously published pieces!
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Welcome to the @ModAmHist Features tour!
Over the coming weeks, we will be exploring each feature, from Into the Stacks to Photoarticles and more.
Keep your eyes peeled for our first one...
#MAHFeaturesTour
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We are thrilled to ANNOUNCE a #SpecialIssue CFP!! MAH is now accepting proposals for a 2026 Special Issue on the US #Semiquincentennial (250th). See this CFP for details, and send any questions to mah@cambridge.org #history #twitterstorians
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Issue 7.2 has arrived! We are delighted to share new research articles and exciting features. Thank you to all of our wonderful authors for their hardwork and historical insight! #twitterstorians keep an eye on this thread over the coming weeks!!
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Check out this new article on the role of women's sports in 1970s feminism, titled Women's Movement: Sport, Feminism, and the Torch Relay of the 1977 National Women's Conference by @Penn_State faculty member Jaime Schultz
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ALT Inauguration of the 1977 National Women's Conference. Photograph by Diana Mara Henry.
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How have I not come across @ModAmHist before last night? Full of so much interesting stuff. First up, a very strong recommendation for this essay by Julia Brown-Bernstein on deindustrialization in LA.
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24 Oct 2024
Good morning Kansas City! We’re ready for #2024SHA
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MHA's editors are excited for the meetings of #2024SHA and #WHA2024 this week! Say hello to our co-editor, Darren Dochuk, who will be there.
17 Oct 2024
One week until the SHA's joint annual meeting with @whahistory!
Who's going to be there? What panels or events are you most excited about? Any can't miss recommendations for Kansas City? Can't wait to see y'all there!
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#OnThisDay in 1898, the US took control of Puerto Rico as part of the end of the Spanish American War. Our 2019 forum explores relationship between the U.S. and Puerto Rico as it intersects with discussions of colonialism, labor, and teaching.
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ALT Goff's historical map of the Spanish-American War in the West Indies, 1898. Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 dcu.
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Congratulations to the honorable mention for our Second Annual Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize: Dante LaRiccia (@dante_lariccia) for his article "Oil, Empire, and Anti-Colonial Environmentalism: A Tale of Two Superports."
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#OnThisDay in 1957, the U.S.S.R launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, which inaugurated the space age and heightened Cold War competition between the U.S.S.R. and the U.S.
Learn more about the Cold War in this MAH article from @TomBishop89
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ALT This still from a film made post-Sputnik, gives a good sense of the size of the actual satellite. (credit: Don Mitchell)
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Announcing the winner of the Second Annual Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize: John Miles Branch (@NorthwesternU) with "Union Exemption: #nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951-1976." Keep an eye out for it in next year's MAH!
Congratulations to Julia Brown-Bernstein, winner of the inaugural Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize for “Bring ‘The Plant’ to Life: Imagining Community Revitalization in the Neoliberal Era,” which will appear in a forthcoming issue of MAH!
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Our second new #FirstView article is by @DavidKieran2 at @CSUHistoryGP. The insightful article explores how, in light of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, Americans use veteran's mental health to make sense of wars in the 21st century. Read it here:
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#Firstview Alert!!! We are thrilled to have 2 new articles out online. The 1st: Emily Pope-Obeda (@LehighU) delves into Black engagement with #Immigrant deportations in the 20s & 30s. Check out this GREAT article! cambridge.org/core/journals/… #History
ALT Figure 1. A Belt, A Wife, But No Permit. Source: Norfolk Journal and Guide, January 28, 1933, A13.
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#OnThisDay in 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American to be confirmed as a Supreme Court justice. Also known for his role in arguing Brown v. Brown, Marshall served on the Supreme Court for 24 years before retiring for health reasons.
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On this day in 1927, Italian-American Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed for two alleged murders. Given how anti-left and anti-immigrant violence shaped their fates, we're sharing @ellendwu's 2019 soapbox about the role of war in immigration: cambridge.org/core/journals/…
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