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.
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| Discipline | American history |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Benjamin Irvin |
| Publication details | |
Former name(s) | Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Mississippi Valley Historical Review |
| History | 1914–present |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (on behalf of the Organization of American Historians) (United States) |
| Frequency | Quarterly |
| 0.684 (2009) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | J. Am. Hist. |
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| ISSN | 0021-8723 (print) 1936-0967 (web) |
| LCCN | 41015235 |
| JSTOR | 00218723 |
| OCLC no. | 1754428 |
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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
editProceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association
edit- Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1908–14)
Mississippi Valley Historical Review
edit- Clarence W. Alvord (1914–23)
- Lester B. Shippee (1923–24)
- Milo M. Quaife (1924–30)
- Arthur Charles Cole (1930–41)
- Louis Pelzer (1941–46)
- Wendell H. Stephenson (1946–53)
- William C. Binkley (1953–63)
- Oscar O. Winther (1963–64)
Journal of American History
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ "The Journal of American History on JSTOR". www.jstor.org. Retrieved 22 January 2024.