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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 1d

Need a historian to put the present in context while dispatching the resurrected spirit of President William McKinley to the dustbin?

Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 2d

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Stacy Fahrenthold @sfahrenthold.bsky.social · 2d

The first review of Unmentionables appears in the new issue of Mashriq & Mahjar, with many thank yous to Emily Pope-Obeda for your time and generous engagement with my work!
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View of STACY D. FAHRENTHOLD, Unmentionables: Textiles, Garment Work, and the Syrian American Working Class (Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2024)

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Dr. Jessica Lepler @jlepler.bsky.social · 3d

At 7 PM tonight, I will be talking at Water Street Books in Exeter, NH. So excited to share my research! 🗃️
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 3d

Talking about billionaires in the 1910s and today ... on @cbsnews.com @shgape.bsky.social @oah.org @shafrhistorians.bsky.social www.cbsnews.com/news/rockefe...

Rockefeller became the first billionaire over a century ago. Here's what to know about America's wealthiest today.

Newspapers announced John D. Rockefeller as the first U.S. billionaire 109 years ago. Today there are more than 900 American billionaires.

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LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social · 2d

David Roediger sat down to discuss his new memoir, "An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education", available at LaborOnline.
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David Roediger on his new book, An Ordinary White | LAWCHA

In his new memoir, An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education (2025), David Roediger provides a moving account of his lifetime of scholarship and

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 3d

"An insightful and engaging look at the nature of colonial occupation and the ways in which the U.S. experience was one of negotiation and contestation...U.S. efforts in Afghanistan and Iraq [make] The Work of Empire...highly relevant." Journal of Military History

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The Work of Empire

In 1898, on the eve of the Spanish-American War, the US Army seemed minuscule and ill-equipped for global conflict. Yet over the next fifteen years, its sold...

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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 3d

Western Mass!! Come on out!

November 13, 2025 5:00pm

Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery | Events & Calendars | Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 7d

It’s a beautiful day to read a banned book

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Nathan Ellstrand @nellstra.bsky.social · 10d

New book from @dukepress.bsky.social:

Clandestinas: Women in the Cuban Revolutionary Underground, 1955–1959 by Carollee Bengelsdorf

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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social · 10d

Congratulations to the honorable mention for our third Annual Brooke L. Blower and Sarah T. Phillips Essay Prize winner: Jan Michael at @tgsatnu.bsky.social for "The Boundaries of Power: How Posse Comitatus Sought to Dismantle the U.S. State."

Look for the article in a future issue of MAH!

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 10d

Give it a listen!

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The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the… by Justin F. Jackson · Audiobook preview

YouTube video by Google Play Books

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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 10d

Tenure isn't "just" about academic freedom or free speech, it also about labor, and more - knowing the history helps understand the battles and challenges of the present🗃️ @TIME #madebyhistory time.com/7320703/acad...

The Real History of Tenure

If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.

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Frank Cogliano @frankcogliano.bsky.social · 11d

We've got a cover and a publication date (April 3, 2026).

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 12d

I offered a course on American Revolutions, centered on the Berkshires, and opened all lectures to the public...it was super fun (and timely).

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 24d

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So You Want a Civil War? Let’s Pause to Remember What One Looks Like.

Today marks the 163rd anniversary of Antietam. Those who say they’re ready for civil war should stop and think about what happened there.

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · 28d

I like your optimism that there will still be textbooks.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Sep 6

had a conversation with a prominent pundit recently who did not seem to realize that the departments of the executive branch are congressional creations, so not surprised at this

Steve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · Sep 6

This @washingtonpost.com editorial doesn’t make it past the second paragraph without a glaring (and telling) factual error.

President Washington didn’t create the War Department in 1789; *Congress* did:

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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · Sep 5

Looking for a book to make you rethink everything you thought you knew? That's kind of our thing.

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · Sep 5

Agreed. Market logic for a non-market institution.

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Renata Keller @renatakeller.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just got my author copy of The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War!! It feels unreal to hold something in my hands that I've been working on for more than a decade 🗃️ #History

Photo of Renata Keller holding her author copy of The Fate of the Americas: The Cuban Missile Crisis and the Hemispheric Cold War

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Kori Schake @kschake.bsky.social · Aug 27

I just received my first copy of the book!

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Justin F Jackson, Ph.D. @justinfdjackson.bsky.social · Aug 26

Spotted in the wild!

Get it direct from UNC Press during their new website 50% off flash sale (ends Wednesday!)
@uncpress.bksy.social

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Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social · Aug 23

Amazing that something like this would need to be written, but sadly it does. Well done, Patrick Rael.
www.bangordailynews.com/2025/08/22/o...

Opinion: There are no good parts to slavery. None.

"Slavery stands literally at this nation’s core. Ten of the first 12 U.S. presidents held slaves."

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