American History Magazine Article
The April 2021 issue of American History Magazine includes my latest article, “Half in Love with Death,” on the scourge of consumption or “the White Plague” in the early Republic. […]
“Striped Pig” Article Inspires Pottery Artists
Check out my article in the February 2019 issue of Early American Life. “The Striped Pig – A Tale of Porcine Protest,” tells the story of wily Yankee protesters in […]
AASLH -Award of Excellence!
I’m thrilled to share that Declaring Independence: Then and New,” the joint program of Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area and the American Antiquarian Society, has received a national Award of […]
Declaring Independence – Then and Now
Reconsidering the Promises of the Declaration of Independence I’ve been busy this past spring and summer preparing scripts and narrating performances of Declaring Independence – Then and Now. The program is […]
Hands-On History Workshop Declaring Independence — Then and Now
American Antiquarian Society announces: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 – 6:00pm to 9:00pm Hands-On History Workshop Declaring Independence — Then and Now Lead Scholars: Danielle Allen and Mary Babson Fuhrer Co-Sponsored […]
Crisis of Community Receives Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize
I’m honored that Crisis of Community has been awarded the inaugural Peter J. Gomes Memorial Book Prize for best non-fiction book on Massachusetts history! Below is the announcement from the Massachusetts […]
AHR Reviews Crisis of Community
I appreciate Johann Neem’s gentle review of A Crisis of Community in the April 2015 volume of the American Historical Review. I would not, however, like to leave readers with the […]
Two More Positive Reviews For Crisis of Community: JAH and JER
In the December 2014 issue of the Journal of American History, Shelby Balik gives a favorable review of Crisis of Community. She notes that, “Fuhrer shows how the grand narratives of the early […]
Book Review by Richard Brown in the New England Quarterly!
Richard Brown, renowned scholar of New England social history, recently gave Crisis of Community an enthusiastic review in the Winter 2014 issue of the New England Quarterly, pp. 757-59. I […]
See the Boston Globe Review of “Crisis of Community”
Megan Woolhouse of the Boston Globe staff recently reviewed my book. I was pleased that she highlighted the connections between my book’s themes and a number of contemporary issues. Here’s […]
