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Around the Web October 2020: Best of the Blogs on The Civil War and Reconstruction

This is a new feature here at the The Reconstruction Era Blog: Each month I will highlight a few new articles from other blogs that…

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The Defenders of Confederate Symbology OnLine and the Current Moment

I like to visit the different Civil War blogs and participate in the Civil War social mediashpere, but I often feel like a tourist. While…

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Part 3: Why Academic Historians Should Thank Their Colleagues on Social Media and Why They Are Important for Democracy

This is my third blog post on historian Earl Hess’s article on the Internet and Civil War history that appeared this week in the journal…

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The Social Media Problem for Civil War Historians: They Don’t Like It & They Wish It Would Go Away

The scholarly journal Civil War History has a troubling article by historian Earl Hess on “The Internet and Civil War Studies.” The article relies on…

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