Welcome to the Journal of American History (JAH) online. Published four times a year, 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.
June 2009
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 Edwards Brothers, Inc., Lillington, North Carolina 27546.
Announcements
JAH Podcast
The June installment of the JAH podcast is available and features a conversation between JAH associate editor Stephen Andrews and Professor Julia C. Ott about her article, “Political Ideology and the New York Stock Exchange.” Continue reading >
McGraw-Hill Magna Award
The inaugural McGraw-Hill Magna Award for Scholarly Work on Teaching and Learning was won by Arlene Díaz, Joan Middendorf, David Pace, and Leah Shopkow for their essay “The History Learning Project: A Department ‘Decodes’ Its Students,” which appeared in the September 2008 JAH.
Article Submissions
Starting June 1, 2009, all articles submitted to the Journal of American History must include an abstract. This abstract must be on a separate page from the body of the article and may not be longer than 500 words.
Volume Index
The Journal of American History has discontinued the printed version of our index. The JAH index is available to the public free of charge online. View index for Volume 95.
Submit or Update Your Reviewer Data Sheet
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. Submit or update your JAH reviewer data sheet.
Pelzer Award
The Pelzer Award Committee invites candidates for graduate degrees to submit essays for the Louis Pelzer Award competition. Essays may deal with any period or topic in the history of the United States. The winning essay will be published in the Journal of American History. The deadline for entries for the 2010 competition is December 1, 2009. Continue reading >
Thelen Award
The Organization of American Historians gives the David Thelen Award biennially to the best article on American history that has been published in a language other than English. The winning article will be published in translation in the Journal of American History. The deadline for entries published during 2007 and 2008 is May 1, 2009. Continue reading >
