An Expansion of the Same Society: Republican Government and Empire in the Early Republic On September 17, 1778, U.S. diplomats signed an extraordinary treaty of confederation with the Delaware or Lenape Nation, inviting them “to join the presen

More news from #TeamJER! Congratulations to our #JER #CriticalEngagements editor Jess Roney for her new article, "An Expansion of the Same Society: Republican Government and Empire in the Early Republic," in the Journal of American History: academic.oup.com/jah/article-...

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Exciting news from #TeamJER! #JERPano editor Emily Arendt has a article coming out with EAS! Her essay looks at women’s discourse on manufacturing during the Panic of 1819, involving paternalism discourse, political economy & influence on public conversations: web.sas.upenn.edu/earlyamerica...

Joel Roberts Poinsett: Namesake of the poinsettia, enslaver, secret agent and perpetrator of the ‘Trail of Tears’ Much like the history of the US, Joel Roberts Poinsett, after whom the poinsettia is named, had a complicated and troubling history.

Our book reviews co-editor on #TeamJER, Lindsay Schakenbach Regele, recently published "Flowers, Guns, and Money: Joel Roberts Poinsett and the Paradoxes of American Patriotism" with the University of Chicago Press. You can learn more in her recent article: theconversation.com/joel-roberts...