Search

The article discusses a survey of students regarding the meaning of region in U.S. history and in their own lives. Some respondents expressed apprehension about committing to paper an actual definition of a region. Many emphasized similarities in culture, climate, geography and economic infrastructure. One said that a region could be as big as a country or as small as a city or town. One wrote that since regions include different cultures and ways of living, people need to be aware of them. Some underscored the political significance of regions and others emphasized the role of regions in connecting adjacent states culturally and religiously.

The article presents multiple announcements for the journal as of December 2012, including a call for papers on the African American Freedom Movement, the launch of a podcast with Carl Weinberg and Kevin Levin discussing the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War, and the pending considerations for the Louis Pelzer Memorial Award.

The article presents several announcements related to the Organization of American Historians. A call for papers is noted requesting articles on the topic of the American Civil War. The article also provides the dates and locations for the 2012 and 2013 annual meetings of the Organization of American Historians and comments on several podcasts being produced by the "Journal of American History."