New Directions in Political History. (15th January 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Broxmeyer, Jeffrey D.; Andersen, Lisa M.F.; Barreyre, Nicolas; Edwards, Rebecca; Lansing, Michael J.; Lumba, Allan E.S.; White, Tara Y.
• Is Part Of: Journal of the gilded age and progressive era. Volume 22:Number 1(2023)
• Page Start: 63
• Page End: 95
• Publication Date: 2023-01-15
• Subjects: Political History -- Historiography -- Social Movements -- Imperialism -- Teaching; United States -- History -- 1865-1921 -- Periodicals; 973
• DOI: 10.1017/S1537781422000548
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1537-7814

Abstract

Abstract: This roundtable takes up old themes and new perspectives in the field of political history. Scholars engage with six questions across three main categories: the scope of the field, current debates, and teaching. The first two questions ask how we should think about political power and the boundaries of what constitute political history. The section on current debates interrogates the relationship between governing and social movements during the GAPE, and how to situate the political violence of the January 6, 2021, Capitol Hill riot in historical perspective. The final section on teaching takes up two very different challenges. One question is a perennial concern about connecting with students in the classroom about political history. The other dilemma is how to respond to the growing cascade of censorship laws passed by state legislatures that prohibit the teaching of so-called "divisive concepts."