I was disappointed with several elements of The @economist.com recent articles on minimum wages. To their credit, they've published my response.
Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter
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Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter
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December 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
I am grateful to see this roundtable out in the September JCWE. Edited by Adam Domby and Karen Cox, I got to speak about monuments and memory for the Sept JCWE. muse.jhu.edu/article/905168
Project MUSE - Monuments and Memory: Civil War Statuary, Public-Facing Scholarship, and the Future o...
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September 1, 2023 at 4:37 PM
I am grateful to see this roundtable out in the September JCWE. Edited by Adam Domby and Karen Cox, I got to speak about monuments and memory for the Sept JCWE. muse.jhu.edu/article/905168
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever talks with Maria Angela Diaz about her book Continuous State of War, published in 2004 by UGA Press www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/03/jcwe...
JCWE Conversation with Maria Angela Diaz - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor talks with Angela Diaz about her book, Continuous State of War: Empire Building and Race Making in the Civil War-Era Gulf South, which was published by UGA P...
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March 2, 2026 at 4:03 PM
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever talks with Maria Angela Diaz about her book Continuous State of War, published in 2004 by UGA Press www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/03/jcwe...
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever chats with J Matt Ward about his book Garden of Ruins (LSU Press, 2024) www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/11/jcwe...
JCWE Conversation with J Matt Ward - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, J Matt Ward, Assistant Professor of History at Quincy University, chats with JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever about his book, Garden of Ruins (LSU Press, 2024).
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November 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever chats with J Matt Ward about his book Garden of Ruins (LSU Press, 2024) www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/11/jcwe...
The March 2025 issue of the JCWE is now available! Today's Muster offers a preview of the journal's most recent volume. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/edit...
Editors's Note for March 2025 JCWE - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Lorien Foote – The Civil War and Its Place in Military History: A Roundtable This roundtable discussion among War and Society historians places the American Civil War in a comparative military context...
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March 6, 2025 at 3:56 PM
The March 2025 issue of the JCWE is now available! Today's Muster offers a preview of the journal's most recent volume. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/edit...
Are you a scholar who is working on issues related to politics, the state, or capitalism during the Civil War era? If so, please consider submitting a proposal for this JCWE special issue. The deadline for submission is April 25, 2025. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
Call for Papers: JCWE Special Issue on Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era - The Journal of the Civil War Era
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March 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Are you a scholar who is working on issues related to politics, the state, or capitalism during the Civil War era? If so, please consider submitting a proposal for this JCWE special issue. The deadline for submission is April 25, 2025. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
In honor of Indigenous People's Day, we would like to highlight some Muster posts that have examined Native American history during the Civil War era.
First, Michelle Anderson's 2019 essay on the honoring Indigenous Civil War veterans www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2019/11/hono...
First, Michelle Anderson's 2019 essay on the honoring Indigenous Civil War veterans www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2019/11/hono...
Honoring and Remembering Indigenous Civil War Veterans in Public Spaces - The Journal of the Civil War Era
A groundbreaking ceremony for the National Native American Veterans Memorial was held on September 21, 2019—the fifteen-year anniversary of the opening of the National Museum of the American Indian (N...
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November 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever has a conversation with Shae Smith Cox about her book, The Fabric of the Civil War Society www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/08/conv...
Conversation Shae Smith Cox - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever has a conversation with Shae Cox Smith, Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University about her book, The Fabric of Civil War Society: Uniforms, Ba...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever has a conversation with Shae Smith Cox about her book, The Fabric of the Civil War Society www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/08/conv...
In today's Muster, Gregory Downs and Kate Masur preview the September 2025 JCWE www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/09/prev...
Previewing the September 2025 JCWE - The Journal of the Civil War Era
This issue exemplifies the wide sweep of the Civil War Era as scholars understand it, and the success of the journal’s now fifteen-year-long effort to promote broadminded interrogation of the many for...
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September 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In today's Muster, Gregory Downs and Kate Masur preview the September 2025 JCWE www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/09/prev...
I wrote this book for a Black reading public. I wrote for Black genealogists, readers of Oprah Book selections, members of ASALH, ABWH, AAIHS, BrANCH, JCWE, AHA, and SHA, and those who remain intellectually curious about the past for understanding the present. I wrote for family and community. 2/3
February 25, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I wrote this book for a Black reading public. I wrote for Black genealogists, readers of Oprah Book selections, members of ASALH, ABWH, AAIHS, BrANCH, JCWE, AHA, and SHA, and those who remain intellectually curious about the past for understanding the present. I wrote for family and community. 2/3
In today's Muster, Lindsey Peterson discusses her March 2025 JCWE article "Home-Builders": Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in Western Union Civil War Commemorations. This article received the 2023 Anthony Kaye Memorial Essay Award. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/04/lind...
Lindsey Peterson Interview on "'Home Builders': Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in Western Union Civil War Commemorations" - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, associate editor Robert D. Bland speaks with Lindsey R. Peterson about her March 2025 JCWE article “‘Home-Builders’: Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in Western Union C...
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April 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In today's Muster, Lindsey Peterson discusses her March 2025 JCWE article "Home-Builders": Free Labor Households and Settler Colonialism in Western Union Civil War Commemorations. This article received the 2023 Anthony Kaye Memorial Essay Award. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/04/lind...
The JCWE is seeking submissions for the Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Prize. The submission deadline is June 1, 2025. For more information, see the link below. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
March 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The JCWE is seeking submissions for the Anthony E. Kaye Memorial Essay Prize. The submission deadline is June 1, 2025. For more information, see the link below. www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
On abolition, I still think it’s McDaniels, Bonds and Boundaries. Matt Karp wrote one on antislavery politics for the JCWE that’s also really good.
May 16, 2026 at 5:07 PM
On abolition, I still think it’s McDaniels, Bonds and Boundaries. Matt Karp wrote one on antislavery politics for the JCWE that’s also really good.
Have an article manuscript you need workshoped? No better place than @richardscenter.bsky.social
Check out this cpf 🗃️
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Check out this cpf 🗃️
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Call for Proposals: Civil War Era Article Workshop - The Journal of the Civil War Era
The Richards Center at Penn State and the Journal of the Civil War Era (JCWE) are excited to announce a journal article workshop for advanced graduate students, recent Phds, assistant professors, and ...
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February 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Have an article manuscript you need workshoped? No better place than @richardscenter.bsky.social
Check out this cpf 🗃️
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/02/call...
Check out this cpf 🗃️
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In today's Muster, JCWE associate editor Robert Bland talks with Dr. Brandon Byrd about the journal's special issue on Black Internationalism www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2024/12/inte...
Interview with Brandon Byrd on JCWE's Black Internationalism Special Issue - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, JCWE associate editor Robert Bland interviews Dr. Brandon R. Byrd, editor and organizer of the journal’s December 2024 special issue on Black Internationalism. Dr. Byrd is an associ...
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December 6, 2024 at 2:26 PM
In today's Muster, JCWE associate editor Robert Bland talks with Dr. Brandon Byrd about the journal's special issue on Black Internationalism www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2024/12/inte...
On Friday we had a workshop for an upcoming special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era on 19th-century Brazil! Thank you to issue editors Celso Castilho & Keila Grinberg, JCWE editors Kate Masur & Greg Downs, and participants ⬇️
March 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
On Friday we had a workshop for an upcoming special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era on 19th-century Brazil! Thank you to issue editors Celso Castilho & Keila Grinberg, JCWE editors Kate Masur & Greg Downs, and participants ⬇️
The December issue of the JCWE is now available. This special issue on Black Internationalism is edited by Brandon Byrd, associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University and author of The Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haiti www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/june2024142/
Current Issue - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Volume 14, No. 3 December 2024 This is a special issue on Black Internationalism organized and edited by Brandon Byrd. Introduction – Brandon Byrd This introductory essay offers a historical and histo...
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December 6, 2024 at 2:33 PM
The December issue of the JCWE is now available. This special issue on Black Internationalism is edited by Brandon Byrd, associate professor of history at Vanderbilt University and author of The Black Republic: African Americans and the Fate of Haiti www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/june2024142/
hey bluesky, I just saw this interview with the wonderful labor historian Chad Pearson about his fantastic book Capital's Terrorists. Interview's like 15-20 minutes.
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Beyond the Book Review: A Conversation with Chad Pearson - The Journal of the Civil War Era
Editor’s Note: This is the first in a series of recorded interviews between the JCWE book review editor and the authors of the works reviewed in the journal. ****** Those who study the Civil War and R...
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March 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
hey bluesky, I just saw this interview with the wonderful labor historian Chad Pearson about his fantastic book Capital's Terrorists. Interview's like 15-20 minutes.
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2024/02/beyo...
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2024/02/beyo...
Thanks for reading! The JCWE wouldn't be possible without support from @richardscenter.bsky.social and its director, @rachelshelden.bsky.social. Any questions for me? Please do reach out. And look for our December 204 issue -- a special issue BLACK INTERNATIONALISM edited by Prof. Brandon Byrd.
December 4, 2024 at 4:18 AM
Thanks for reading! The JCWE wouldn't be possible without support from @richardscenter.bsky.social and its director, @rachelshelden.bsky.social. Any questions for me? Please do reach out. And look for our December 204 issue -- a special issue BLACK INTERNATIONALISM edited by Prof. Brandon Byrd.
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever joins Brian Matthew Jordan and Jonathan W. White to talk about their edited collection, Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves (University of Georgia Press, 2023) www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2024/12/inte...
Interview with Brian Matthew Jordan and Jonathan W. White - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever joins Brian Matthew Jordan and Jonathan W. White to talk about their edited collection, Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil...
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December 13, 2024 at 4:39 PM
In today's Muster, JCWE Book Review Editor Megan Bever joins Brian Matthew Jordan and Jonathan W. White to talk about their edited collection, Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves (University of Georgia Press, 2023) www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2024/12/inte...
Call for papers (please circulate): Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era
Special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era
Deadline is April 25. More info at the link:
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
Special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era
Deadline is April 25. More info at the link:
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
Call for Papers: JCWE Special Issue on Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era - The Journal of the Civil War Era
CALL FOR PAPERS … Read More Read More
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April 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Call for papers (please circulate): Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era
Special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era
Deadline is April 25. More info at the link:
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
Special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era
Deadline is April 25. More info at the link:
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. Posting again w/link to the CFP at The Muster. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
Call for Papers: JCWE Special Issue on Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era - The Journal of the Civil War Era
CALL FOR PAPERS … Read More Read More
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March 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. Posting again w/link to the CFP at The Muster. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call...
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In today's Muster, @melissadevelvis.org discusses her new book, Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859–1861 www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/inte...
Interview with Melissa DeVelvis on Gendering Secession - The Journal of the Civil War Era
In today’s Muster, JCWE associate editor Robert Bland interviews Melissa DeVelvis, author of Gendering Secession: White Women in the Politics of South Carolina, 1859 to 1861 (New York: Cambridge Unive...
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March 31, 2025 at 3:52 PM
In today's Muster, @melissadevelvis.org discusses her new book, Gendering Secession: White Women and Politics in South Carolina, 1859–1861 www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/inte...