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The Best American History Essays 2006

Edited by Joyce Appleby for the Organization of American Historians Published by Palgrave Macmillan

OAH and Palgrave Macmillan are proud to announce a new annual publication that brings to the public ten of the best articles in American history published in the last year, and selected from over three hundred learned and popular journals. Topics range from the general to the specific and cover all aspects of American history, from the early days of the republic through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It highlights and showcases the questions that today's historians are asking. The essays will be chosen by a new, prominent American historian each year. This exciting new collection is a must-have for all American historians.

In this debut volume, former OAH and AHA president Joyce Appleby has gathered ten of the best American history essays and articles from over three hundred learned and popular journals published in the last year. Written by such eminent historians as Joseph Ellis, Ralph E. Luker, and Thomas J. Sugrue, the book's essays cover all aspects of American history, from the early days of the republic to the twentieth century.

CONTRIBUTORS: Joyce ApplebyJoseph EllisWoody HoltonLeslie A. SchwalmCarl R. OsthausDanielle L. McGuireEric AvilaCharlotte BrooksRalph E. LukerThomas J. SugrueMatthew D. Lassiter

Articles included in this volume originally appeared in these publications:

  • Journal of American History
  • American Heritage
  • The William and Mary Quarterly
  • Civil War History
  • Journal of Southern History
  • Journal of Urban History
  • Pacific Historical Review
  • Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

It will be published in April 2006, and will debut at the 2006 OAH Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C. Copies will be availabe to purchase at the meeting, and through Palgrave at www.palgrave-usa.com.

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