Water and Soil, Grain and Flesh Water and Soil, Grain and Flesh
Walter Johnson reconsiders the connection between slavery and capitalism.
Feb 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn
Trains in Vain: On Richard White Trains in Vain: On Richard White
The building of the transcontinental railroads is not the story of a managerial revolution, argues Richard White, but of incompetence and corruption rewarded.
Aug 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn
An Atlas of Reckonings An Atlas of Reckonings
The horrors of The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database arise through the cumulative weight of its abstract pieces of information.
Jan 19, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn
Founder Fatigue Founder Fatigue
Jack Rakove's Revolutionaries shows the founders as real people in motion instead of as Olympian gods.
Sep 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn
On the Make: Gordon Wood’s Jeffersonia On the Make: Gordon Wood’s Jeffersonia
Gordon S. Wood defends Jefferson--again.
Jan 14, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn
Ordinary People Ordinary People
Woody Holton's history of America's origins celebrates the contributions of the common people.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robin Einhorn