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The article describes the struggle to establish agricultural policy during the 1960s including policies put forth by the Kennedy administration, the debate over the wheat referendum, and the failure of the Department of Agriculture to garner support for restrictions on production.

Presents a list of books related to American history. "Excellence and Equity: The National Endowment for the Humanities," by Stephen Miller; "Foundations," edited by Harold M. Keele and Joseph C. Kiger; "American Born and Reborn," by Harvey Wasserman.

The article offers an essay on video games, noting their historical significance, large audience, and cultural impact. Particular focus is given to how video games account for a greater share of the history that Americans consume than ever before with history-themed titles often topping industry sales charts. A taxonomy for categorizing the topic is also provided, which introduces and defines terms like reconstruction, simulation and game. Historical games discussed include "Call of Duty," "Red Dead Redemption," Oregon Trail" and "Bioshock."

The article presents an essay which looks at the U.S. constitutional and statutory origins of immigration restrictions. According to the article, the federal government became more involved in immigration policy during the 1860s-1870s. Topics of discussion include the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the U.S. Constitution's commerce clause, the Coolie Trade Prohibition Act of 1862, and the Page Act of 1875. The Chy Lung v. Freeman U.S. Supreme Court case is also mentioned.

The article focuses on how the United States (U.S.) Civil War impacted the women's suffrage movement. The author discusses how suffrage rights often expand during times of war, compares the fight for suffrage for both Blacks and women, and analyzes how Back women worked to obtain southern support for suffrage.

Presents a list of books on topics concerning U.S. history. "The Automated Battlefield," by Frank Barnaby; "The History of Hardy County, 1786-1986," by Richard K. MacMaster; "The Heavy Dancers," by E. P. Thompson.

The editor of the scholarly periodical "Journal of American History" (JAH) presents the annual report for 2021-2022, particularly discussing themes and topics in U.S. history from various issues and authors.

Provides an update on the field of American history research as of March 1983. Collections accessioned by the Virginia Historical Society; Information on the collections opened by the Eastern Kentucky University Archives for research; Suggested information resources on U.S. history.

Lists several books on the history of the U.S. "The Glorious Fourth: An American Holiday, an American History," by Diana Karter Appelbaum; "New England Literary Culture: From Revolution Through Renaissance," by Lawrence Buell; "Maggie's American Dream: The Life and Times of a Black Family," by James P. Comer.

Presents a list of books related to U.S. history.

Presents updates on events and issues in the U.S. as of 2004. Information on the "Journal of American History"; Award won by Mark Peel of John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland for his essay "On the Margins: Lodgers and Borders in Boston, 1860-1900; Papers acquired by the Historic New Orleans Collection.

Presents a list of books on U.S. history. "The Discoverers," by Daniel J. Boorstin; "Government Agencies," edited by Donald R. Whitnah; "North Carolina Illustrated, 1524-1984," by H. G. Jones; "The Legacy of George Mason," edited by Josephine F. Pancheco.

Presents a list of books on the history of the U.S. "Oral History: A Guide for Teachers (and Others)," by Thad Sitton, George L. Mehaffy and O. L. Davis, Jr.; "Conversations With Wallace Stegner on Western History and Literature," by Wallace Stegner and Richard W. Etulain; "Which Road to the Past? Two Views of History," by Robert William Fogel and G. R. Elton; "A History of the American Worker," edited by Richard B. Morris.

The article focuses on how Latin America influenced the American abolitionist movements of the early 1800s. The author discusses the influence of the Haitian Revolution on Brazil, highlights the life of Brazilian abolitionist Emiliano Felipe Benício Mundrucu, and explores the influence of immediatism.

Presents a list of books on U.S. history. "The Politics of the U.S. in the Area of Arms Control," by V.P. Abarenkov; "The Supreme Court on Church and State," edited by Robert S. Alley; "The Subordinated Sex: A History of Attitudes Toward Women," revised edition, by Vern L. Bullough, Brenda Shelton and Sarah Slavin.

Presents a list of books on the history of the U.S.

Presents a list of books about U.S. history. "The Wages of History: The AASLH Employment Trends and Salary Survey," by Charles Phillips and Patricia Hogan; "In the American Province: Studies in the History and Historiography of Ideas," by David A. Hollinger; "Puzzles of the Past: An Introduction to Thinking About History," by Michael T. Isenberg; "Vision and Method in Historical Sociology," edited by Theda Skocpol.

Presents information on archives, bibliographies and other information resources on the history of the U.S. Inauguration of the pre-1930 archival records at the Virginia Tech Libraries at Blacksburg; Records of Army maternity homes and hospitals accessed by the Salvation Army Archives and Research Center; Transcripts which were added to the oral history collection of the U.S. Naval Institute; List of books and other aids for research.

The article focuses on the growth of multinational conglomerates after World War II. Topics include the postwar economic growth, the U.S. Justice Department scrutiny brought to mergers by the Celler-Kefauver Act, and the influence of high-concept corporate capitalism.

Presents a list of books related to U.S. history, including "Civil War Justice: Union Army Executions Under Lincoln," by Robert I. Alotta and "The Park Builders: A History of State Parks in the Pacific Northwest," by Thomas R. Cox.

Presents a list of books related to the history of the U.S. "Indeh: An Apache Odyssey," by Eve Ball; "Ships and Shipwrecks of the Americas: A History Based on Underwater Archaeology," edited by George F. Bass; "Looking for Steinbeck's Ghost," by Jackson J. Benson.

Presents a list of books related to U.S. history.

Presents a list of books about U.S. history, including "Indians of Montgomery County, Indiana," by Bridgie Brill Brelsford and "American Architecture," by David P. Handlin.

The article offers an analysis of personal loyalty during the American Revolution in the 18th century. According to the author, men and women living under military rule maintained vague and ambiguous allegiances to survive under the British occupation. He argues that the people developed their own language of loyalism intended to persuade civilians to return their allegiance to King George III of Great Britain.

The article presents a roundtable discussion with Ellen Carol DuBois, Liette Gidlow, Martha S. Jones, Katherine M. Marino, Leila J. Rupp, Lisa Tetrault, and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu on the Nineteenth Amendment, women's suffrage in the U.S., and women's activism.

Examines the history of the African American Church based on the book "The History of Negro Church," by Carter G. Woodson. Features of the book; Analysis of the religious history of the U.S.; Problem regarding the location of manuscript and archival sources for the history of African American churches.

Discusses corruption during the late 18th century in the U.S. History of corruption; Components of Gilded Age financial corruption; Background on railroad politics.

Reviews several microfilms regarding the history of the U.S. "The Jane Addams Papers, 1860-1960," edited by Mary Lynn McCree Bryan; "The Papers of Emily Greene Balch, 1875-1961," edited by Martha P. Shane; "The Records of the Women's International League for Peace and freedom, U.S. Section, 1919-1959," edited by Eleonor M. Barr.

The article discusses the role of U.S. racism and the U.S. civil rights movement in Canadian understanding of racism in Canada. Topics include discrimination against black and indigenous people in Canada, transnational cooperation between Black Canadians and African American activists, and the impact of racism on the international reputation of the U.S.

The article discusses the role of slavery in the improvement of public infrastructure in the antebellum U.S. South. Topics include the links between slavery and capitalism, the construction of a state-owned railway by slaves in Georgia, and the role of slaves in building steamboat infrastructure in Mississippi. The role of slaves in improving Louisiana's water and rail transportation infrastructure is noted.

The article offers several historians' perspectives on political corruption throughout U.S. history from the late 17th century through the early 21st century, including in the Gilded Age, the impact of corruption on democracy, the bribery of legislators and political machines. An overview of the relationship between power and corruption is provided.

The author presents his thoughts concerning teaching the concepts of peace and social justice activism in U.S. history survey classes, particularly attempting to navigate the partisanship that he identifies as emblematic of early 21st century. The article discusses the utilization of the U.S. Constitution and the concepts of civil liberty and national security.

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.

Presents book notes included in the 1986 issue of the "Journal of American History." "History of the United States of America during the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson," by Henry Adams; "The Hiroshima Maidens: A Story of Courage, Compassion, and Survival," by Rodney Barker; "IBM's Early Computers," by Charles J. Bashe, Lyle R. Jonhson, John H. Palmer and Emerson W. Pugh.

Presents a list of articles, dissertations, books and primary sources about the U.S. history. "The Art of Propaganda: Charles Alston's World War II Editorial Cartoons for the Office War Information and the Black Press," by Harry Amana in "American Journalism"; "The Little Rock School Desegregation Crisis: Moderation and Social Conflict," by Karen Anderson in "Journal of Southern History"; "Nomadic Memory," by Catherine Bernard in "Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire."

Presents a list of U.S. history-related citations of articles from journals, books and CD-ROMs. "Street Names and the Scaling of Memory: The Politics of Commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. Within the African American Community," by Derek H. Alderman; "Ethnic Competition in the Retail Trade in Northern U.S. Cities in 1900: A Test of the Saturation Theory of Entrepreneurship," by Robert L. Boyd; "The Continuing Importance of Congressman John A. Bingham and the Fourteenth Amendment," by Richard L. Aynes.

Provides an update on the American history archives as of March 1986. Papers opened by the Atkins Library of the University of North Carolina in Charlotte; Official records accessioned by the Division of Archives and Manuscripts of Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Manuscript collections accessioned by the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond.

An introduction to the issue is presented, which highlights two types of public-facing projects on American history, noting how practitioners of public history can utilize material culture as a tool for public education, document discrimination, and support policies.

Presents a list of books on the history of the U.S. "A History of American City Government: The Emergence of the Metropolis, 1920-1945," by Charles R. Adrian; "Thinking About America: The United States in the 1990," edited by Annelise Anderson and Dennis L. Bark; "The Men and the Mills: A History of the Southern Textile Industry," by Mildred Gwin Andrews.

The article discusses why the Chinese-white color line in the early 20th century U.S. cannot be an extension of Chinese exclusion or a variant of Jim Crow racial segregation laws. A particular focus is given to two Chinese men who were charged with statutory rape in 1904 for having intimate relationships with two young white sisters in rural California. The racial geography of the Progressive Era is explored, as well as systemic exclusion faced by Chinese migrants in the interior.

Presents news briefs on U.S. history as of September 1985. Award received by essayist Mark Peel of the Johns Hopkins University; Invitation to contribute to the "Journal of American History"; Background on the report to the membership passed by Interim Editor Paul Lucas at the business meeting of the Organization of American Historians.

The article examines the relationship between the development of U.S. national security and labor anticommunism through a case study of the 1941 prosecution of allegedly communist members of the Teamsters 544 Local union of Minneapolis, Minnesota, under the 1940 Smith Act. It is argued that this case demonstrates labor unions' willingness to allow the federal government, especially the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), to interfere in their affairs in the name of anticommunism.

The article discusses the significance of the Louisiana Purchase concerning the amount of money the U.S. government paid Native Americans for their soil rights in the area covered by the acquisition. It discusses scholarship on the subject by scholar Felix S. Cohen, Native American claims litigation against the U.S. government, and relations between the U.S. government and Native Americans.

Examines the social aspects of the draft resistance in the rural southern region of the United States in World War I. Reasons behind the rural southerner's draft resistance; How they protested conscription through conventional means; Impact of the government's introduction of the wartime sedition laws; Social analysis of the impact of the laws; Notes about how history contradicts long-held assumptions of popular support for the war.

Reviews the Web site Across the Generations: Exploring U.S. History Through Family Papers from the Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Assesses the use of photographs in textbook in American history. Reference to pictures in several textbooks; Technological development in photography during the nineteenth century; Effective use of images to discuss the histories of Indians African Americans, women and the working classes.

Presents information on best selling articles during the 1940s that focused on Catholicism, with reference to Paul Blanshard's book `American Freedom and Catholic Power.' Information on other journals which focused on this topic; Indepth look at Professor John Dewey's perceptions of Blanshard's journal; Discussion on Catholicism from 1928-1960.

Presents information on the oral history of the civil rights movement in the U.S. Importance of oral history in understanding the civil rights movement and social movement; Information on the Civil Rights Documentation Project at the Moorland-Spingarn Research Center at Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Focus of the oral history collections of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, Georgia.

Provides an update on the field of U.S. history research as of September 1983. Award won by Lacy K. Ford of the University of South Carolina; Micropublication of the Records of the Harmony Society, 1786-1951 of the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Suggested information resources on American history.

The article presents announcements relating to the journal and to the Organization of American Historians (OAH), presenting a call for papers on the U.S. Civil War, information about the 2013 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award competition for historical essays, and a notice that articles submitted to the journal must include an abstract.