Print of a room full of men in 18th century dress sitting at desks deliberating the constitution.

Back to the Future; Or, Whenever I Show up to Talk about the Past, My Audience Can Only Hear about the Present

Todd Estes resists comparisons between political moderation in the constitutional era and political moderation in the present day.
A miniature portrait of a thin white man with dark hair wearing a formal black coat and a white shirt with a high collar.

The Creoles’ Magician: States’ Rights and Nullification in Louisiana

Joel Walker Sturgeon details Edward Livingstone’s political deftness in negotiating the complicated politics of 1830s Louisiana.
A line drawing of a large building set back from a grassy waterfront with small figures moving about in the foreground.

An “Asylum for Mankind”? Migration in the Early American Republic

Connie Thomas questions the old assumption that the postrevolutionary US was uniquely open to immigrants.
Tinted lithograph of a blacksmith in a bowler hat in his shop striking iron on the anvil while a boy works the bellows and another man shoes a horse

The Ghost of the Colonial Master: Modern Political Dimensions of the Wage Paradigm

Mark L. Young traces the spirit of apprenticeship into modern workplace culture.
Cutaway engraving of a mine showing a shaft going down through the ground into a cavern, bolstered by wood, with figures climbing in and out.

Colonial Geology and Being Critical of “Critical Minerals”

Gustave Lester reckons with the colonial roots of the new generation of climate technologies.
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Lessons Learned from the “Year Without a Summer:” A Call for Studying Climate Persistence

Emma C. Moesswilde highlights the long historical context for climate adaptation, mitigation, and action.
Lithograph of a river flowing from a lake through a prairie with a few houses on the banks and some boats.

The Roots of Environmental (In)justice in the Early Republic: Development and Dispossession as a Two-Pronged Conquest

John William Nelson re-entangles the histories of dispossession and internal improvements.
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In Case of Flooding: Wandering Iron Ruins and Imagining Climate Reparations in a Maryland State Park

Sophie Hess reflects on the layers of human and environmental devastation in the Patapsco Valley.
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Searching for a Reusable Past: Public History and the Revolutionary Origins of the Climate Crisis

Blake McGready unearths opportunities for public historians to integrate climate into their interpretation of the past.
Back and white photography of a gold mining operation that looks quite messy and decrepit.

Teaching the Climate Crisis in Early American History Courses

Camille Suárez integrates environmental history into her courses to teach the deep roots of our climate crisis.