Hot off the presses: the inaugural issue of The Journal of the Civil War Era

Actually, I'm a little late on this, so it would be more accurate to say that it's lukewarm off the presses. Last week UNC Press, in partnership with the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center here at Penn State, rolled out the inaugural issue of The Journal of the Civil War Era. We list the articles for this issue below. Of particular interest perhaps to graduate students or recently minted PhDs is the Professional Notes section, in which Aaron Sheehan-Dean examines trends in the US History job market over the last decade. We at the Richards Center are excited to get this singular journal off the ground, and we sincerely thank the myriad scholars who, as contributors, reviewers, and editors, have made it possible.


The Journal of the Civil War Era

Articles
Edward L. Ayers and Scott Nesbit
"Seeing Emancipation: Scale and Freedom in the American South"

Melinda Lawson
"Imagining Slavery: Representations of the Peculiar Institution on the Northern Stage, 1776-1860"

Leeann Whites
"Forty Shirts and a Wagonload of Wheat: Women, the Domestic Supply Line, and the Civil War on the Western Border"

Review Essay
Douglas R. Egerton
"Rethinking Atlantic Historiography in a Postcolonial Era: the Civil War in a Global Perspective"

Professional Notes
Aaron Sheehan-Dean
"The Nineteenth-Century U.S. History Job Market, 2000-2009"

If this piques your interest, subscriptions are available at the journal's website. 

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