Comps Notes: Workers, Farmers, and Immigrants at the Turn of the Century

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012.  The full collection is accessible here.  Workers, Farmers, and Immigrants at the Turn of the Century David Montgomery, The Fall …

PCBs, Rule, Environmental

This is the thirty-second post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (October 2– October 8, 2017): Business Services | H is for History: …

Comps Notes: Native Americans

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012.  The full collection is accessible here.    Native Americans   Francis Paul Prucha, The Great Father: The United States Government and the …

Comps Notes: Vietnam War

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012.  The full collection is accessible here.  Cold War Case Study: Vietnam Gary R. Hess, “From the Streets to the …

History, Will, Environmental

This is the thirtieth post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week.   Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (September 18 – September 24, 2017): #EnvHist Worth Reading: August 2017 https://t.co/mjVtv91w4c

Comps Notes: American Foreign Policy

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012.  The full collection is accessible here. American Foreign Policy George F. Kennan, American Diplomacy, 1900-1950 (Chicago, Illinois: The University of Chicago …

Comps Notes: 1960s and the Counterculture

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012.  The full collection is accessible here. 1960s and the Counterculture Robert S. Ellwood, The Sixties Spiritual Awakening: American Religion Moving …

Comps Notes: Race, Gender, and Progressivism

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012.  The full collection is accessible here. Comps Notes: Race, Gender, and Progressivism John Whiteclay Chambers II, The Tyranny of Change: American in the …

Comps Notes: The “Frontier” in the West

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012.  The full collection is accessible here. The “Frontier” in the West Frederick Jackson Turner, “The Significance of the Frontier …

Indigenous, Coal, Anthracite

This is the twenty-third post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared amongst Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. Here are the top articles amongst environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (July 31 – August 6, 2017): Impacts of mining on water live on, …