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Emily Conroy-Krutz

@econroykrutz.bsky.social
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Historian of 19th century religion and US foreign relations. Author of Christian Imperialism (2015) and Missionary Diplomacy (2024)

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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 22/09/2026
📢Congratulations to our new OAH Lecturers! 🎉 We are proud to announce this year’s group of U. S. historians who bring a wealth of knowledge and diverse historical perspectives to the OAH Lectureship Program roster. #OAHLecturer 👉 Meet the new speakers: ow.ly/I0L550ZQhGC
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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This is a big one: Brown University is searching for the next director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice. Please help us identify excellent candidates to lead this signature program into the future. Please write me with ideas; please share in your networks; please apply.
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Brown University - Professor and Director of the Simmons Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice | H-Net
1. Academic Accomplishment. We seek a scholar with a strong scholarly record, including excellence in both research and teaching, appropriate for appointment at the level of full professor in a social science, humanities, or arts department at Brown.
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Cara Burnidge @burnidge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
JZ Smith, Map Is Not Territory (Chicago, 1993) Amy Deregotis, Moral Geographies: Maps, Missionaries and the American Frontier (Columbia, 2003) @econroykrutz.bsky.social Hierarchies of Heathenism: Missionaries Map the Globe, Diplomatic History 42.1 (2018)
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Christopher McKnight Nichols @cmcknichols.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Great insights from #SHAFRite and SMU grad student Holly Harris in Made by History in Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com @shafrhistorians.bsky.social @oah.org 🗃️ www.inquirer.com/news/nation-...
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How Washington learned to pressure Iran without war
The U.S. once used a variety of tools to pressure Iran, and it worked.
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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The program is now available for Environmental Histories of New England, 1600-2026, sponsored by The New England Quarterly and @mhs1791.bsky.social, with support from @bplmaps.bsky.social. We will meet in Boston on Friday, September 18 for papers and a keynote by @joycechaplin.bsky.social.
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Massachusetts Historical Society: NEQ Symposium on Environmental Histories of New England, 1600-2026
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Judith Weisenfeld @jlweisenfeld.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Great 50% off sale on all books at @nyupress.bsky.social (code: NYUP50). That includes both my NYU Press books: *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake* AND *New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration.*
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Black Religion in the Madhouse
Winner, 2026 PROSE Award in Psychology and Applied Social Work, given by the Association of American PublishersShortlist, 2026 Cheiron Book Prize2025 CHOICE ...
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T. Lacy @tnlacy.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I'm really proud to be participating in two panels at this conference--with several outstanding friends & colleagues: Katy Hull, Nan Enstad, @econroykrutz.bsky.social, @micnick.bsky.social, Fred Beuttler, Matt Hedstrom, and David Walsh. I 💙 my @susih.bsky.social friends. s-usih.org/conference/2...
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2026 Conference: Madison | Society for US Intellectual History
S-USIH's Annual Conference is returning November 12-14, 2026, this time to the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The program is available in draft form here (updated August 7, 2026). Chec...
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SHAFR @shafrhistorians.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The deadline for William Appleman Williams Emerging Scholar Research Grant; Hogan Foreign Language Fellowship; and Graduate Dissertation Research Grants is October 15. Visit www.shafr.org/awards for more details.
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Emily Conroy-Krutz @econroykrutz.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Excited to announce that Christian Imperialism is now (finally!) available on audio! Perfect listening for those late-summer road trips... I've got 10 free download codes to share (only available in the US). Free to the first 10 students who reach out! www.audible.com/pd/Christian...
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Christian Imperialism
Check out this great listen on Audible.com. In 1812, eight American missionaries, under the direction of the recently formed American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, sailed from the Unite...
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Jesse Draper @jessedraperhnet.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
What does "Responsive and Responsible AI Use in the Classroom" look like? @gilliansmac.bsky.social, Sarah Freye, and Danielle Nicole DeVoss, and I addressed this in a wonderful roundtable discussion revised for the newest volume of the Proceedings of the H-Net Teaching Conference. Check it out!
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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Episode Four of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Russell Arbic speaks with Linford D. Fisher on his new book Stealing America. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/linford-fish...
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The Organization of American Historians @oah.org · 27/07/2026
More than 30,000 immigrants will lose their work permits and face possible deportation now that the administration has ended the Temporary Protected Status program. Find immigration history resources, with context for today on the OAH site: ow.ly/Vtg150Zt877
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Joseph M. Adelman @jmadelman.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I’m one of the local historians quoted in this Boston Globe story about the impact of Trump’s attacks on the Smithsonian. @rezekjoe.bsky.social #America250 /1
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Mass. historians fear Trump criticism of Smithsonian Institution will hit home - The Boston Globe
"I worry about people's ability . . . to tell a rich and nuanced story about the American past," said Joseph Adelman, professor of history at Framingham State University.
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
What a(nother) great event! One slide 3 minutes. 😀 Ten (More) Things to Know about the American Revolution @ #SHEAR2026, following Ten Things in Providence in 2025. Co-sponsored by HSP, ITPS, & @jcblibrary.bsky.social (logo not appearing!) w super thanks to presenters & @noraslonimsky.bsky.social!
Speaker list!  Imagine the JCB Library logo there too...Group of ten historians standing in front of slide for Ten (More) Things to Know about the American Revolution.
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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Are you unable to attend the tonight's (6:15pm) SHEAR Presidential Address? Well, President Carolyn Eastman’s address on “What They Talked About When They Talked About Demagogues in the Early American Republic,” will be livestreamed to our YouTube channel. Link here: www.youtube.com/live/0izEG4S...
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SHEAR 2026 Presidential Address
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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Please consider donating to support the SHEAR DEI Fellowships. Link below:
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SHEAR @shearites.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
SHEAR is pleased to announce the results of the 2026 SHEAR elections. Congratulations to SHEAR’s newly elected officers! In addition, SHEAR would like to thank all of the candidates in this year’s election as well as the Nominating Committee.
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Alex E. Stern @theotherdrstern.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Historians! Humanists! Anyone who cares about reason, ethics, and empathy! YOU'RE INVITED! Come "meet: Carleigh Beriont, the History Ph.D., teacher, and former grad student union organizer who is running for Congress in NH-01. 🗃️ Wed. June 17, 7 PM Eastern, Online secure.actblue.com/donate/cbfc-...
Blue flyer for a political fundraiser for historians and humanists supporting Carleigh Beriont for Congress. The event takes place Wednesday June 17th at 7 PM Eastern. Flyer features Carleigh in her doctoral robes from Harvard high-fiving her daughter.
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Christopher Tounsel @ctounsel1.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. Julia Ward Howe Born May 27, 1819
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Yes. You could import this to any discipline or endeavor. Thinking is the thing we do. For which we get credit, and are held accountable.
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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It's Coming! The 47th annual meeting of SHEAR is taking place July 16th through 19th in Philadelphia this year. We cannot wait to see you. If you haven't yet checked out the program or registered for the Annual Meeting visit - share.google/I8WJ4Yw2GapR...
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Annual Meeting – SHEAR
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H-Net @h-net-humanities.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We know you’ve all been waiting… H-Net is excited to announce our 5th annual conference! 🎉🎉🎉 “Why It Matters: Teaching Empathy, Critical Thinking, and Civil Discourse across Humanities and Social Sciences” is the theme. The deadline for proposals is Friday, May 22, 2026. #humanities #socialscience
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American Society of Church History @aschurchhistory.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Today's featured title: "Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations," by Emily Conroy-Krutz, Cornell University Press, 2026 @cornellupress.bsky.social @econroykrutz.bsky.social www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...
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Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
From the conclusion of my @slate.com piece: slate.com/news-and-pol...
So what’s to be done? The Supreme Court itself has shown itself to be the enemy of democracy. If and when Democrats retake control of the political branches, it will be incumbent on them not only to write new voting legislation protecting minority voters and all voters in the ability to participate fairly in elections that reflect the will of all the people. They will also have to consider reform of the Supreme Court itself, a conclusion I had been resisting until the Court made this unavoidable.

As I wrote in Slate last summer, when the Court rejiggered the question in Callais late on a Friday afternoon in August, “Court conservatives likely thought teeing up the issue of overruling Section 2 on a hot summer weekend would avoid public notice. But that’s a short-term strategy. … Any decision to strike down what’s left of the Voting Rights Act could kick off the start of a new civil rights movement and more serious talk of Supreme Court reform in the midst of crucially important midterm elections. Justices fundamentally hostile to the rights of voters place the court increasingly at odds with democracy itself.”
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Dr. Jessica Lepler @jlepler.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Canal Dreamers looks good large! How fun to celebrate books with the team at @uncpress.bsky.social in their booth @oah.org. If you are at the conference, check out the small version that you can actually open and read. 🗃️ #skystorians @sonyabonczek.bsky.social
Author holding her book in front of a poster depicting her book and several others.
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Joanne Freeman @jbf1755.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Hey— This is a great venue for writing—and reading—history informed op-eds. Great news!
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Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) @pcusa.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
On this #TransDayOfVisibility, we celebrate the joy and resilience of transgender and genderqueer people in our communities. This day is a time to affirm the presence, dignity, and contributions of trans and gender nonconforming people. Read more: pcusa.org/worship-with...
A Trans Pride flag alongside a prayer on a beige background. The prayer gives thanks for the gifts our trans, non-binary, intersex and genderqueer siblings bring to the church and celebrates that all are made in God’s image.
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Jülide Etem @julideetem.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Very excited to announce my first book 🪄 Film Diplomacy 📽️ is forthcoming with @columbiaup.bsky.social.
Book cover for Film Diplomacy: A Media History of Turkey–US Relations by Ayşehan Jülide Etem. The top half features bold red and white title text on a dark blue background. Below, a black-and-white archival photograph shows several men operating film cameras and tripods on a hillside overlooking a dense cityscape, suggesting documentary or state media production. The author’s name appears at the bottom on a blue band.
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Nicholas Guyatt @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
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The JER Pano @thejerpano.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Help the @JERPano document the rewriting or removal of historical information at federal sites, parks, museums, and government platforms. Preserve history for the public. To submit or view previous changes on The Panorama's Early Republic Tracker visit: thepanorama.shear.org/2025/04/09/t...
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The Early Republic Tracker
The Early Republic Tracker documents instances where the federal government is removing facts and stories essential to the public’s understanding American history from public historical sites, muse…
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Heidelberg Center for American Studies @hcaheidelberg.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
This Thursday, Emily Conroy-Krutz from Michigan State University will talk about "Around the World with Arthur Brown: Missionary Diplomacy at the Turn of the 20th Century"👀. 📍 HCA, Atrium 🕰️ Jan 22, 6:15 p.m. About the talk: www.hca.uni-heidelberg.de/de/veranstal...
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Cara Burnidge @burnidge.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
Students want to be informed but often don't know the difference between an expert & an influencer @laurenfturek.bsky.social & I tried to create a space--away from algo rabbit holes--where teachers could find expertise on these issues for their classrooms www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... 6/6
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The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775
Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from th...
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Cara Burnidge @burnidge.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
And there are historiographic interventions! -@jstuart.bsky.social makes a case for Mrs. Hamer to stand alongside Martin and Malcolm as civil rights religious leaders -Katherine Moran layers Antisemitism, AntiCatholicism, and Nativism together as intertwined histories to be studied together 5/6
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Cara Burnidge @burnidge.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
There are perennial questions answered in thematic chapters on: -Religion & the State (not just "church & state") -Pluralism & Secularism -Capitalism, Religion & Politics -Race, Racism, and Anti-Racism -Gender, Religion & Politics -Material Culture 4/6
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Cara Burnidge @burnidge.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
The Humanities doesn't have to be "relevant" to matter, but the history of religion & politics is nonetheless like: -Hugh Urban explaining Conspiracy & Disinformation -Kathleen Tobin explaining Secularism, Nones & Interfaith Communities - @econroykrutz.bsky.social on Missionaries & Diplomacy 3/
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Cara Burnidge @burnidge.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
If you want to give students an overview before diving deeply into complex topics, check out these *8 page* chapters: -@brianclites.bsky.social explaining the history of Clergy Sexual Abuse - Jane Hong on Immigration & Asian American religions - @wmstell.bsky.social on LGBTQ+ Rights 2/6
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Cara Burnidge @burnidge.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
It's time for @laurenfturek.bsky.social & I to celebrate the book birthday for The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775! 44 chapters, 48 contributors representing both History & Religious Studies www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... 1/n
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The Routledge History of Religion and Politics in the United States Since 1775
Drawing together history and recent historiography, this volume offers a reference work for understanding how religion influenced politics and how politics shaped religion in the United States from th...
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Emily Conroy-Krutz @econroykrutz.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
It is always a delight to talk with @ronajohnson.bsky.social, and never more than when he’s talking about his research. Check out our discussion about ENTANGLED ALLIANCES
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Karin Wulf @kawulf.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Friends, please share? Brown2026 is advertising for its 3rd year of fellowships. Would love to have you consider this opportunity to work with us as we face 2026. Link to position and application info in the thread: And more info about the initiative is here: brown2026democracy.brown.edu 1/
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Sara Georgini @sarageorgini.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🔔 We’re honored to open a new round in the @susih.bsky.social -IU Community Scholars Program, which unlocks onsite + remote library access for 3 years for contingent scholars + historians working beyond the academy. Please apply + share! CFP due 2/1. Onward! 🗃️ s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
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CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History
In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...
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Penn Press @pennpress.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
THE RISING GENERATION by Sarah L. H. Gronningsater, which chronicles the history of emancipation through the experiences of black northerners, has received an honorable mention for the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians (@berksconference.bsky.social) Book Prize! Congrats, Sarah! bit.ly/4i7OFdL
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Book Prize Winners - Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
Explore winners of the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Annual Book Prizes that both focus and do not focus on the history of women.
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Emily Conroy-Krutz @econroykrutz.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Spent part of my morning listening to one of my favorites talk about her writing process. Loved every minute! Listen to @jlepler.bsky.social and then go out and buy Canal Dreamers! draftingthepast.com/podcast-epis...
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Episode 75: Jessica Lepler Knows That Criticism Is Praise – Drafting the Past
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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
FYI: 1. Books are great for timeline cleanses. 2. Book sales are even better for timeline cleanses. 3. @cornellupress.bsky.social is having a 44% off book sale. 4. I'm an #EndearinglyTenaciousEditor and #SorryNotSorry that I will shout about our awesome books for [looks at calendar] another 3 weeks.
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Emily Conroy-Krutz @econroykrutz.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Pretty amazing to see my brilliant MSU History colleagues and students presenting at @susih.bsky.social about their work on the Radical Historians Newsletter. Stay tuned!!!
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Ben Franklin's World @bfworld.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
⏳ Ken Burns’ The American Revolution premieres this Sunday, Nov 16 at 8pm ET on PBS! Warm up for the premiere with a behind-the-scenes look at how the film was made. 🎧 New episode: benfranklinsworld.com/425 #KenBurnsPBS #AmericanRevolution #Documentary #BFW
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Emily Conroy-Krutz @econroykrutz.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
Everyone go buy Ron’s book! And stay tuned to hear our conversation about it on an upcoming Cornell podcast.
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Emily Conroy-Krutz @econroykrutz.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Is there anything better than having scholars you admire engage closely with your work? Thanks Cara Burnidge, Karine Walther, Kate Moran, Mike Verney, and Jay Sexton! @burnidge.bsky.social @karinewalther.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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H-Diplo Roundtable XXVII-4 on Conroy-Krutz, _Missionary Diplomacy_ | H-Net
H-Diplo Roundtable XXVII-4 Emily Conroy-Krutz. Missionary Diplomacy: Religion and Nineteenth-Century American Foreign Relations. Cornell University Press, 2024. ISBN: 9781501773983.
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Liz Covart @lizcovart.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
My reading assistant enjoying @ronajohnson.bsky.social’s new book Entangled Alliances. He was struck by how intertwined events in Saint Domingue were with the American Revolution and vice versa.
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