Erstwhile editor Sara Porterfield takes over our monthly links round up for November with a collection of articles focused on the Syrian refugee crisis and the American response to the rash of ISIS-led terror attacks over the past few weeks.
Erstwhile will return with its monthly links round up on Monday, but if you need some tasty reading material for this Turkey Day check out The New Yorker‘s Thanksgiving-themed articles all about this Erstwhilean’s favorite pastime: eating good food. Enjoy the holiday week, everyone!
Erstwhile editors Alessandra Link and Caroline Grego sat down with Dr. Thomas G. Andrews, a professor of history at CU Boulder. He specializes in the social and environmental history of the American West. His first book, Killing for Coal: America’s Deadliest Labor War, won six awards, including the Bancroft Prize. His most recent book, Coyote Valley: Deep History…
Erstwhile blog sat down with Patty Limerick to talk about job prospects for graduate students.
Erstwhile blogger Julia Frankenbach reflects on historical and contemporary notions of California as an exotic place. California has come together more than once. In multiple histories—in matter and in mind—the massive swath of land on the western cusp of North America assembled and assumed a place on the continent. My efforts to assemble memories of…
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