Welcome to the Journal of American History (JAH) online. Published four times a year by the Organization of American Historians, the JAH is the leading scholarly publication and the journal of record in American history. In addition to our print issues, the JAH creates a wide range of online projects, including our biannual Teaching the JAH and special projects such as “Through the Eye of Katrina” and “American Faces.” Organization of American Historians (OAH) members also have access to our vast citation database, Recent Scholarship Online. The JAH makes selected content freely available, including Web site reviews, the “Textbooks and Teaching” section, and the “Recent Scholarship” print listing. See individual issue pages for details.
March 2012
The Journal of American History: issn 0021-8723 is published by the Organization of American Historians and printed in March, June, September, and December by Oxford University Press.
Announcements
Call for Papers: Civil War
During the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the Journal of American History would like to encourage the submission of articles that explore all aspects of the conflict. In 2011–2012, we particularly invite the work of scholars who are writing about the origins and early years of the Civil War.
Civil War at 150 Podcast
Ed Linenthal, the executive editor of the Journal of American History, talks with Allen Guelzo, Henry R. Luce Professor of the Civil War Era and the director of Civil War Era Studies at Gettysburg College, comparing and contrasting the Civil War centennial with the ongoing sesquicentennial and the Lincoln bicentennial in 2009. Listen to this December 2011 conversation for free.
Article Submissions
All articles submitted to the Journal of American History must now include an abstract. The abstract must be on a separate page from the body of the article and may not be longer than 500 words.
Submit or Update Your Reviewer Data Sheet
The JAH is always looking for qualified reviewers for books and articles. To make the best possible matches between reviewers and books or articles being reviewed, we need our reviewer information to be as complete and up to date as possible. It is crucial that prospective reviewers submit or update a JAH reviewer data sheet, which indicates areas of interest and publications. The data sheet is available on our Web site.
Awards
The Urban History Association’s Best Article Award for work completed in 2010 was presented to Heather Ann Thompson for her article “Why Mass Incarceration Matters: Rethinking Crisis, Decline, and Transformation in Postwar American History,” which appeared in the December 2010 JAH.
