On the dilemma of quoting racial slurs in lecture
My second post for the Teaching United States history group is up. Here it is: Part of teaching the history of the United States is teaching the history of ideologies […]
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Review of Renata Keller, “Mexico’s Cold War”
My review of Renata Keller’s very fine book has now appeared in the Journal of Latin American Studies 48, no. 4 (November 2016): 868-869. Renata Keller, Mexico’s Cold War: Cuba, […]
Commonwealth Club of San Francisco talk
On January 5, 2016, I did a book talk at the Commonwealth Club of San Francisco. The audio of the event is available here, and also available for download on […]
A review of Jorge García Robles, “At the End of the Road: Jack Kerouac in Mexico”
This review will appear in the Journal of Latin American Studies; at least until it does, I’m reasonably certain that I can host it here. Jorge García-Robles, At the End […]
Designing a nearly free syllabus
I’ve joined the group blog “Teaching United States History,” which focuses on sharing best practices related to teaching the U.S. history survey. My first entry, on the subject of designing […]
The Two Lefts of Jorge Castañeda
Update 5/3/2016: this essay has been published in Spanish by Nexos. I’m honored to be making my debut in Dissent, a magazine I greatly admire. To my mind, Irving Howe navigated […]
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