Chinese Railroad Workers and the Golden Spike
Chinese railroad workers were instrumental to creation of America’s first transcontinental railroad between 1863 and 1869.
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The Battle of Seattle
2019 marks the 20th anniversary of the World Trade Organization (WTO) protests in Seattle. Paul Adler, Assistant Professor of History at Colorado College and author of the forthcoming book No Globalization Without Representation: U.S. NGOs and the World Economy (The University of Pennsylvania Press), reflects upon the significance of the events in Seattle.
Guided Reading: Harriet Jacobs’ Slave Narrative
What is the role of colorism in black female sexuality and the division of labor in slavery? Most slave narratives have a ‘moment of racial consciousness’ where the speaker first discovers they are enslaved. What was that moment of racial consciousness and enslavement for Linda/Harriet Jacobs? How does Jacobs argue slavery corrupts white Americans? How… MORE
Open Range Ahead
“Greater Reconstruction” is one such articulation of a broader historical approach to the themes and big questions of the traditional Reconstruction era, allowing historians, and anyone interested, a chance to gain a truly national perspective of the tumultuous post-Civil War period.