Unity in Diversity?: Babylon in Early America
Kristofer Stinson’s recent JER article was rooted in a family argument about the religious origins of the nation-state.
A Sea of “Savage Islands”: How Antebellum Americans at Home Imagined the Pacific World
Michael A. Verney plumbs the “Ex Ex” exhibits at the National Gallery in DC to reveal how the Pacific was portrayed at home.
From Sea to Sea: The Northwest Passage, Early America, and the Push to the Pacific Ocean
Sean Fraga situates the early republic’s engagement with the Pacific in the long colonial history of searching for the Northwest Passage.
Many Americans, Many Pacifics
Heesoo Cho approaches the Pacific as a set of disjointed spaces.
Taking off the Blinders: What Multiple Archives Add to the Story of American Expansion in the Pacific
Minami Nishioka chases the same history through multiple archives to understand the full complexity of American expansionism in the Pacific.
Pacific World, Atlantic Assumptions
For Dael Norwood, the “Pacific World” frame relies too heavily on contemporary geopolitics.
The Power and Peril of Geographical Paradigms in Early American History
Launching a new roundtable on the Pacific Early Republic, Konstantin Dierks reflects on how our geographical frameworks shape the histories we tell.
Tecumseh Helped Me Find My Voice
Karin L. Huebner’s deeply personal JER piece came to life when Tecumseh spoke to her in the archive.
