More to read on moving food from farm to market to table.
Great Books on Smoking History
Histories of smoking and tobacco and the places we like to smoke from around the world.
Exorcism
As I was searching for illustrations for my forthcoming book, The Devil Within: Possession and Exorcism in the Christian West, I came across a reproduction of a detail of the painting shown here.
Great Books on William James and The Varieties of Religious Experience
More on the variety of religious experiences in America.
Pussy Riot
Pussy Riot, the Russian punk band whose members have been sent to prison for performing a protest song in Moscow’s central cathedral, has been wildly successful at focusing international attention on political corruption and repression under President Vladimir Putin.
Great Books on Ulysses Grant
H. W. Brands recommends more reading on Ulysses S. Grant: memoirs, biographies, histories.
K-12 Teachers at UT to Study US Foreign Policy
Professor Jeremi Suri to Lead K-12 Gilder Lehrman Seminar on American Foreign Policy Since 1898
If you would like to follow along, search for this hashtag on Twitter: #GLI2012
Historians and Health Care
How do historians look at the Affordable Care Act? Recently, on the American Historical Association blog, three historians wieghed in on the Supreme Court decision this week declaring the ACA constitutional.
Teaching Texas
This summer, Not Even Past will feature the winners of this year’s Texas History Day, the annual state-wide history fair for students grades 6-12.
Navajo Arts and the History of the U.S. West
Great books on Navajo arts, commerce, and the US west.