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becoming president of the AHA does not automatically bring a deep knowledge of the history of the historical profession in the US. nor does reading That Noble Dream. to offer a narrative of historians' "influence" in American life is to attempt to do #USIH.
it's fine for historians trained in other fields/periods to broaden their research interests. an early modern Africanist narrating historians' (supposed) former v. current place in American society is actually attempting to do American cultural/intellectual history. #USIH
again, this is fine...if you are aware that this is what you are doing and have done your homework. but simply being an historian in America today doesn't automatically make you knowledgeable about the history of the profession's place in American public life. #USIH
On the anniversary of Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois' passing in 1963, I'd like to post a few links to works of mine--and others--about him.
First, this piece for @jacobinmag about his magnum opus, *Black Reconstruction in America.* jacobinmag.com/2018/08/web-du…
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First, this piece for @jacobinmag about his magnum opus, *Black Reconstruction in America.* jacobinmag.com/2018/08/web-du…
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There's also the talk I did with @micahuetricht about the political legacy of Du Bois:
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I actually wrote this on the anniversary back in 2014 for @Ideas_History, thinking about then-recent works on Du Bois and speculating on where the field was going next: s-usih.org/2014/08/whats-…
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THREAD. Why is it that the left has such a rich history of sectarianism compared to the right? Why does intra-right-wing squabbling have a far less distinguished history than left-wing infighting? This is something I've been thinking a lot about. My hypothesis follows... #USIH
It has a lot to do with the vastly different premises that have given rise to the right and the left. The right is mostly okay with things that have long persisted in human history, like inequality, and thus does not feel compelled to imagine alternative worlds into being.
Conservatives rarely think about Heaven on Earth (the afterlife is another matter). In contrast, the left’s raison dêtre is to make the world a more equal place for all humans.
US universities began wave of overseas institution building in 1950s, largely sponsored by fed govt. Harold Stassen was prime mover. Universities became important diplomatic actors. Studying this project opens new angles on US development/modernization work @SHAFRhistorians #usih 
Large chunk of universities' overseas institution building was in the field of public administration. Many elites believed pub ad was critical for bringing modernity to developing countries. Part of modernization was about creating large-scale organizations. @ASPANational
US govt sought to use American universities to build states in many parts of the world, not just Vietnam. My book uses case studies of @Penn and @USC working to build a state in Pakistan. cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=801…
