The second installment in a two-part series focused on the Esopus Wars of the seventeenth century.
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The History of the Census as a Political Tool
The census has occurred without fail for the past two hundred and thirty years, but last year’s twenty-fourth Decennial Census posed unique challenges for those involved in such a massive undertaking.
Return to Normalcy
Eric Zolov is Professor of Latin American History and Director of Undergraduate Studies at Stony Brook University.
How to Brew an American Witch Hunt
An analysis of American witch-hunting, from its Puritan roots to the Satanism panic of the 1980s, demonstratesthat widespread witch hysteria does not take root until three things occur.
History of the Esopus Wars: Part I (1659-1660)
The first installment in a two-part series focused on the Esopus Wars of the seventeenth century.
“Be Curious”: An Interview with Professor Joshua Teplitsky
Professor Teplitsky is the most recent winner of the Baron Book Prize for best book in Jewish Studies, which requires the work to be the author’s first scholarly book in any area of Jewish studies in that respective calendar year.