Studying America

On this day, Stand Watie of the Cherokee became the last Confederate General to stand down his army.

On this day in 1775, General Gage issued a proclamation that put the city of Boston under martial law.

The American Man of Letters, Democracy and the New Republic

How does Literary Pastoral manifest in populist political thinking?

Taking a look at Theresa Serber Malkiel and International Women's Day's origins in the politics of American socialism

A short piece on hunting in the culture of the American South,

The literary backlash to Harriet Beecher Stowe was fiery - this post looks at replies by two pro-Southern writers.

A brief history of Southern Populism, from Jackson to the present day by way of the People's Party and the Dixiecrats.

Some thoughts for teachers, considering the role of Justice Taney in the Dred Scott decision.

Can Theodore Roosevelt's taste in literature tell us anything about his attitude to the South?

On what was her birthday, we revisit a review written by Dorothy Parker a century ago that is connected to the 1919 Equity Strike.

Though now a minor sport in the US, the first Cricket international saw a side representing America take on Canada in the 1840s.

A quick look at how the War of 1812 between the US and Britain fuelled the idea of Manifest Destiny.

A short article and some questions regarding a major marker on the road to the Civil War