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Civil War ppl, do you know of any studies of the quality of Confederate manufactured small arms? There's a substantial literature on the technical achievements of the Springfield and Harper's Ferry armories, which were still improving c. 1860. Did the Cs make lower quality guns?

A second incoherence: first in the Sunbelt (NC, TX), then in the Rustbelt (WI) the knowledge economy's basis in the uni of research, tech & commercialization created a vicious intra-state urban-rural political-economic struggle.

Who’s going to OAH? Also, anyone interested in Clements Center fellowships or leading a Clements Center symposium who’d like to talk with me, please do get in touch.

The thing is, even if farmers get a compensatory payoff, the damage to export markets will be lasting. All the anxiety on this side is mirrored by purchasers abroad who will be looking for other suppliers. Brazil is well placed to take a chunk out of US ag exports to China.

New working paper from me and Sofia Valeonti about the economic logic behind John Sherman's political and policy choices through the 1860s and 1870s as he shepherded the US through a series of monetary and fiscal transformations. hal.science/hal-04998888

Call for papers (please circulate): Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era Special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era Deadline is April 25. journalofthecivilwarera.org/2025/03/call-f…

“The class of political belief systems which possess logical integrity and completeness is empty in America. Further, the construction of a logically consistent system which would justify or support the use of the terms ‘liberal’ or ‘conservative’ is doomed to failure.”

Reading Richard Bensel's dissertation and it's a kind of extended take on Marx's contention that "the modern state is nothing but a committee for managing the common affairs of the whole bourgeoisie," except that regional rather than class interests are the material substratum.

The test for Mamdani will be if he can govern well, but I think that Trump won’t let him.

Huh, I wonder what changed in the last year to get Texas' risk of blackouts from 11% to less than 1%?

For the record, before the 1830s or so--that is, during the US founding era--all of New York City's food markets were publicly owned. eh.net/book_reviews/f…

The "12-day war" shows the limited value of nuclear deterrence. Israel is a nuclear state and it still got hit with ballistic missiles. So I'm not sure Iran has any more of a clear interest in going nuclear than it did before.

Wait until these people learn about North Dakota's state-owned bank and mill.

We have a cover and a release date! Feed the People! will be out February 17, 2026 with Basic Books. Feel free to pre-order a copy at any of the sellers in the below link. hachettebookgroup.com/titles/jan-dut…

this is what we have to deal with

"The China challenge isn't what American policymakers think it is. It's not primarily about security threats or unfair trade practices—it's about Chinese companies making better products for less money, and winning hearts and minds in the process." musgrave.substack.com/p/oh-no-i-betr…

So. I've been on field manual labor crews where most of my coworkers were convicts. I've also worked with a lot of tech companies on automating farms. And this press conference is incredible. This woman hasn't the foggiest clue what she's on about.

CFP (please circulate): "Lonesome Dove at 40: McMurtry, Mythmaking, and the Reimagining of the American Southwest," co-hosted by the Clements Center for Southwest Studies and SMU's English Department via the "Narrative Now" initiative. DEADLINE: Aug 1.

currently reading. pretty interesting! however, the escheresque cover image doesn't promise solid realness