Yessss loved the first three volumes

Book Review: ‘On the Calculation of Volume IV,’ by Solvej Balle - The New York Times share.google/nZPjyC0PlHHF...

It's not out for a while, but if you're a Specht completionist, you can pre-order now!

Property Values A wide-ranging history of American land ownership, from westward expansion to the suburban housing crisis

My new book has a cover and a page! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Christie's bio in his book 'Electricity, Industry and Class in South Africa':

Still haven't quite figured out the video format. At some point I'll learn how to embed some slides and visuals. But I tried to keep it as clear and usable as possible.

It's based on the blog post here:

Teaching advice: how to survive your first class discussion YouTube video by Joshua Specht

I've been making some videos with advice for grad students / first time TAs and teachers. They're mostly based on old blog posts for my website, but I've found it helpful to record something I can share. My first one is advice for running a discussion section...

Oh wow, thanks so much! I'm so flattered :)

Really enjoyed recording this discussion with David Runciman, covering threats to democracy, early 20thc theories of oligarchy, how algorithmic social media is changing politics, the problem with 19thc approaches to suffrage - and much, much more!

A Frightening American Fable The Atlantic writer who previewed an unmoored country

In 1904, Henry Dwight Sedgwick imagined America plagued by corruption, riots, and economic collapse in The Atlantic. Jake Lundberg revisits Sedgwick’s writing in Time-Travel Thursdays:

I learned so much from him

American chess grandmaster Daniel Naroditsky dies at age 29 No cause of death was given in a statement from the family of Naroditsky, who became a grandmaster in 2013 and was known as a popular commentator

What a loss :(

Congratulations to Priyasha Mukhopadhyay, winner of the Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize! Announcing the winner of the JHI's 2024 Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize.

The winner of the JHI’s 2024 Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize for the best first book in intellectual history is Priyasha Mukhopadhyay for Required Reading: The Life of Everyday Texts in the British Empire!
@princetonupress.bsky.social

The Birth of the Attention Economy The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century remade how Americans engaged with the world.

The rise of the cheap, daily newspaper in the 19th century created the first true attention economy—an endless churn of spectacle and sensation that remade the American mind, Jake Lundberg writes in Time-Travel Thursdays.

Happy to answer any questions about South Bend, the history department, or Notre Dame.

We are hiring in 20C U.S. political history (tenure track)! Feel free to get in touch with questions. Deadline: Oct 1. networks.h-net.org/jobs/68888/u...

Audiobook cover of Red Meat Republic: A Hoof-to-Table History of How Beef Changed America by Joshua Specht, narrated by John Chancer

In Red Meat Republic, Joshua Specht tells the story of how beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food complex.

For a limited time, you can get this compelling and unfailingly enjoyable #audiobook for just $2.99/£2.99: press.princeton.edu/books/audio/...

#History #ListenUP

They're practically giving this thing away!!

King Tyrant draws on the latest discoveries to offer a modern understanding of Tyrannosaurus. A marvelously illustrated look at everything we now know about the fearsome king of the dinosaurs. #dinosaurs #naturalhistory

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Journal of the Civil War Era will have a special issue on political economy edited by me, @maggor.bsky.social, Sofia Valeonti & Nicolas Barreyre. I'll post again when the link is up on the Muster, but wanted to get the word out now. See CFP. Submission deadline is April 25. 🗃️

thought leader to idea doofus pipeline

Boris Spassky obituary Russian chess world champion who lost to Bobby Fischer in the sport’s most famous match at the peak of the cold war

One of the greatest www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/f...

The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life by Sophia Rosenfeld

Sophie Rosenfeld’s Age of Choice is an Editors’ Choice (!) @nytimes.com:

www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/b...

please share widely!

Thanks for the fun conversation!

Joshua Specht on the History of American Beef Episode 1 of the Animal History Podcast!

In our very first episode we sit down with historian @joshspecht.bsky.social.

We discuss Native American bison hunting, Chicago meatpacking, cowboy cattle-ranching and more!

You can listen wherever you get your podcasts or find a full transcript at animalhistorypodcast.substack.com/p/joshua-spe...

Book cover of Chinese edition of Red meat Republic

Very cool to see my book in Chinese!

what a title!

-20C and we've got ice on the INSIDE of the back window...prob need some better insulation back there

History and Technology Oil Spillovers. Guest Editor: Cyrus Mody. Volume 40, Issue 3 of History and Technology

for those who would like to take their minds off of ... other things today, here's a thread on the oil spillovers special issue that I guest-edited at History+Technology:

www.tandfonline.com/toc/ghat20/4...

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