[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
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