I’m getting ready to teach an undergraduate course on colonial America this fall. That means I’ve been digging back into Alan Taylor’s fantastic American Colonies (New York: Viking, 2001). I first read it when I was about to start grad school to prepare for a readings seminar in early America. To me, “colonial America” meant a [...]
Archive for July, 2008
I don’t think we’re in Plymouth anymore, Toto
Posted in Colonial America, Historiography, tagged Alan Taylor, American Colonies, Colonial America on July 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Pivot of the Revolution
Posted in American Revolution, Historiography, History and Memory, tagged Almost a Miracle, American Revolution, military history, Southern Campaign on July 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Several years ago I went to a small movie theater with a friend of mine for a repeat viewing of The Patriot. After the movie ended, we ran into one of our former teachers outside, who was a serious history buff. He told me that he’d enjoyed the movie, but he didn’t know the Revolutionary War [...]
In which parameters are set forth
Posted in Uncategorized on July 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This virtual soapbox is devoted to American history, as studied by scholars, exhibited by curators, and paraded around by the general public. My main interest is the Revolutionary era, and I spent some time at a Lincoln/Civil War site, so I’ll concentrate on those subjects here, but the whole gamut of U.S. history is fair [...]
