Saturday, December 1, 2018

December 1-2, 2018: November 2018 Recap


[A Recap of the month that was in AmericanStudying.]
November 5: Major Midterms: 1826: A midterm elections series kicks off with the single-party midterms that presaged an era of partisanship and conflict.
November 6: Major Midterms: 1858 (and 1859): The series continues with how Congressional elections can reflect and even amplify societal collapse.
November 7: Major Midterms: 1874: Extending our concept of historical turning points but resisting narratives of inevitability, as the series rolls on.
November 8: Major Midterms: 1930 and Huey Long: The illustrative and iconoclastic sides to a newly elected Senator.
November 9: Major Midterms: 1994: The series concludes with three ways the 1994 elections foreshadowed our 21st century moment.
November 10-11: Major Midterms: The 2018 Results: A special weekend post, quickly following up this year’s historical midterms.
November 12-18: Finally, a Book Update!: For my blog’s 8th anniversary, a long-overdue and very happy announcement about my forthcoming book, We the People: The 500-Year Battle over Who is an American!
November 19: GettysburgStudying: The Address: On the anniversary of the Gettysburg Address, a series kicks off with two compelling choices in Lincoln’s concise masterpiece.
November 20: GettysburgStudying: Joshua Chamberlain: The series continues with a vital historical turning point and the amazing story and man behind it.
November 21: GettysburgStudying: Longstreet and Lee: The distinctions between military and cultural history, and their connections, as the series rolls on.
November 22: GettysburgStudying: Board Games: Three board games through which I learned a lot about Gettsyburg and other war histories.
November 23: GettysburgStudying: Remember the Titans: The series concludes with the over-the-top sports movie scene that shouldn’t work but somehow still does.
November 24-25: Thanks Givings: A holiday special post on a handful of the things for which I’m most thankful this year!
November 26: In Love and War: Casablanca: On the anniversary of its premiere, a wartime romance series kicks off with two ways the iconic film resonates in the age of Trump.
November 27: In Love and War: The English Patient: The series continues with the limits and lessons of an anti-Casablanca story.
November 28: In Love and War: Gone with the Wind: Why I’d still critique Margaret Mitchell’s romantic hero, and a more interesting side to his character, as the series rolls on.
November 29: In Love and War: A Farewell to Arms: Two important elements beyond the autobiographical in Hemingway’s wartime romance.
November 30: In Love and War: Pearl Harbor: The series concludes with the uses and abuses of history in Michael Bay’s historical blockbuster.
Next series starts Monday,
Ben
PS. Topics you’d like to see covered in this space? Guest Posts you’d like to contribute? Lemme know!

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