The Journal of American History

The Journal of American History is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians. It covers the field of American history and was established in 1914 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, the official journal of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. After the publication of its fiftieth volume, the recognition of a shift in the direction of the membership and its scholarship led to the name change in 1964.

The Journal of American History
DisciplineAmerican history
LanguageEnglish
Edited byBenjamin Irvin
Publication details
Former name(s)
Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Mississippi Valley Historical Review
History1914–present
Publisher
FrequencyQuarterly
0.684 (2009)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4J. Am. Hist.
Indexing
ISSN0021-8723 (print)
1936-0967 (web)
LCCN41015235
JSTOR00218723
OCLC no.1754428
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Journal offices in Bloomington

The journal is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, where it has close ties to the History Department at Indiana University. It is published quarterly in March, June, September, and December.[1]

List of editors

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Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association

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  • Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1908–14)

Mississippi Valley Historical Review

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Journal of American History

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  • Oscar O. Winther (1964–66)
  • Martin Ridge (1966–78)
  • Lewis Perry (1978–84)
  • Paul Lucas (1984–85)
  • David Thelen (1985–99)
  • Joanne Meyerowitz (1999–2004)
  • David Nord (2004–05)
  • Edward T. Linenthal (2005–2016)
  • Benjamin H. Irvin (2017—present)

Further reading

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  • Stieg, Margaret F. (1986). "Geographical Specialization: The Deutsche Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft, the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, and the Journal of Southern History". The Origin and Development of Scholarly Historical Periodicals. Tuscaloosa: University Alabama Press. pp. 82–102. ISBN 978-0-8173-0273-3.

References

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  1. ^ "The Journal of American History on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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