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Welcome to The Carryall What’s in The Carryall, you ask? No specific journal of US cultural or intellectual history exists, even though cultural and intellectual history suffuse both academic and gene...
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Welcome to The Carryall, an online journal of US cultural and intellectual history: thecarryall.org.
To conclude the "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable, @johannneem.bsky.social asks, in response to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America, how US intellectual historians might go about "Remaking America." thecarryall.org/remaking-ame...
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Johann N. Neem responds to the Epilogue in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
To conclude the "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable, @johannneem.bsky.social asks, in response to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America, how US intellectual historians might go about "Remaking America." thecarryall.org/remaking-ame...
Emily Hawk wants us to "Put Some Body Into It," today at The Carryall's "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable, a series of responses to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.* thecarryall.org/put-some-bod...
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Emily Hawk responds to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 27, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Emily Hawk wants us to "Put Some Body Into It," today at The Carryall's "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable, a series of responses to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.* thecarryall.org/put-some-bod...
Brandon James Render looks at how "X Marks the Spot" today at The Carryall's "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable, a series of responses to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.* thecarryall.org/x-marks-the-...
X Marks the Spot | Carryall
Brandon James Render responds to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Brandon James Render looks at how "X Marks the Spot" today at The Carryall's "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable, a series of responses to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.* thecarryall.org/x-marks-the-...
Today at The Carryall, "Let's Go Crazy." Kevin Mattson responds to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.* thecarryall.org/lets-go-crazy/
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Kevin Mattson responds to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today at The Carryall, "Let's Go Crazy." Kevin Mattson responds to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.* thecarryall.org/lets-go-crazy/
In "Playboys of the Postmodern World," Audrey Wu Clark responds to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s book, *The Ideas That Made America,* for The Carryall's "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America." thecarryall.org/playboys-of-...
Playboys of the Postmodern World | Carryall
Audrey Wu Clark responds to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
In "Playboys of the Postmodern World," Audrey Wu Clark responds to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s book, *The Ideas That Made America,* for The Carryall's "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America." thecarryall.org/playboys-of-...
Today at The Carryall, Robert Greene II is "Just Getting Started" in his response to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History. thecarryall.org/just-getting...
Just Getting Started | Carryall
Robert Greene II responds to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Today at The Carryall, Robert Greene II is "Just Getting Started" in his response to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History. thecarryall.org/just-getting...
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Welcome to The Carryall What’s in The Carryall, you ask? No specific journal of US cultural or intellectual history exists, even though cultural and intellectual history suffuse both academic and gene...
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March 5, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Check out this new online journal of cultural and intellectual history. thecarryall.org?fbclid=IwY2x...
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Speaking of the challenges of being an intellectual in our current moment, I have a new piece out at @thecarryall.bsky.social comparing/contrasting the political economy of intellectuals in the 1950s and 1960s versus today. thecarryall.org/making-a-liv...
Making a Living Thinking | Carryall
David Austin Walsh responds to Chapter 7—The Opening of the American Mind (1945-1970) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Speaking of the challenges of being an intellectual in our current moment, I have a new piece out at @thecarryall.bsky.social comparing/contrasting the political economy of intellectuals in the 1950s and 1960s versus today. thecarryall.org/making-a-liv...
Thinking about the current rightwing attack on higher education? @llassabe.bsky.social has the backstory today at The Carryall’s “More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America” roundtable. See “Attack on the Faculties.” thecarryall.org/attack-on-th...
Attack on the Faculties | Carryall
Lauren Lassabe Shepherd responds to Chapter 8—The End of Universalism (1962-1990s) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Thinking about the current rightwing attack on higher education? @llassabe.bsky.social has the backstory today at The Carryall’s “More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America” roundtable. See “Attack on the Faculties.” thecarryall.org/attack-on-th...
At The Carryall today, @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social notices how 1950s intellectual were living large. Check out "Making a Living Thinking" in our "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable. thecarryall.org/making-a-liv...
Making a Living Thinking | Carryall
David Austin Walsh responds to Chapter 7—The Opening of the American Mind (1945-1970) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
At The Carryall today, @davidaustinwalsh.bsky.social notices how 1950s intellectual were living large. Check out "Making a Living Thinking" in our "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable. thecarryall.org/making-a-liv...
Today at The Carryall's "More (& Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable, Shannan Clark's "Industrial Intellectuals" provides a response to Chapter 6—Roots & Rootlessness (1920-45) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America.* thecarryall.org/industrial-i...
Industrial Intellectuals | Carryall
Shannan Clark responds to Chapter 6—Roots and Rootlessness (1920-45) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Today at The Carryall's "More (& Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable, Shannan Clark's "Industrial Intellectuals" provides a response to Chapter 6—Roots & Rootlessness (1920-45) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America.* thecarryall.org/industrial-i...
Today at The Carryall, Victoria W. Wolcott explores "The Communal Counterpoint" to US intellectual history in the latest installment of the "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable. thecarryall.org/the-communal....
The Communal Counterpoint | Carryall
Victoria W. Wolcott responds to Chapter 6—Roots and Rootlessness (1920-45) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today at The Carryall, Victoria W. Wolcott explores "The Communal Counterpoint" to US intellectual history in the latest installment of the "More (and Sometimes More Important) Ideas That Made America" roundtable. thecarryall.org/the-communal....
Today at the Carryall, Guy Emerson Mount asks "How Progressive Was the Progressive Era?" in response to Chapter 5—Modernist Revolts against Absolutes (1890-1920) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s book, The Ideas That Made America. thecarryall.org/how-progress... cc: @susih.bsky.social
How Progressive Was the Progressive Era? | Carryall
Guy Emerson Mount responds to Chapter 5—Modernist Revolts against Absolutes (1890-1920) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Today at the Carryall, Guy Emerson Mount asks "How Progressive Was the Progressive Era?" in response to Chapter 5—Modernist Revolts against Absolutes (1890-1920) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s book, The Ideas That Made America. thecarryall.org/how-progress... cc: @susih.bsky.social
Today at The Carryall's roundtable on Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History*, Paul Murphy rethinks the primacy of pragmatism in response to Chapter 5—Modernist Revolts Against Absolutes (1890-1920). thecarryall.org/rethinking-t...
Rethinking the Primacy of Pragmatism | Carryall
Paul Murphy responds to Chapter 5: Modernist Revolts against Absolutes (1890-1920) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today at The Carryall's roundtable on Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History*, Paul Murphy rethinks the primacy of pragmatism in response to Chapter 5—Modernist Revolts Against Absolutes (1890-1920). thecarryall.org/rethinking-t...
At The Carryall, Alyssa Quintanilla centers the Mexican-American boundary in response to Chapter 4—Contests of Intellectual Authority (1850-1890) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History. thecarryall.org/centering-th...
Centering the Boundary | Carryall
Alyssa Quintanilla responds to Chapter 4—Contests of Intellectual Authority (1850-1890) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
At The Carryall, Alyssa Quintanilla centers the Mexican-American boundary in response to Chapter 4—Contests of Intellectual Authority (1850-1890) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History. thecarryall.org/centering-th...
Did "Contests of Intellectual Authority" define US intellectual history between 1850 & 1890 or "Contests of Moral Urgency"? At The Carryall, Abigail Modaff responds to Chapter 4 of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.* thecarryall.org/contests-of-...
Contests of Moral Urgency | Carryall
Abigail Modaff responds to Chapter 4—Contests of Intellectual Authority (1850-1890) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Did "Contests of Intellectual Authority" define US intellectual history between 1850 & 1890 or "Contests of Moral Urgency"? At The Carryall, Abigail Modaff responds to Chapter 4 of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.* thecarryall.org/contests-of-...
At The Carryall, Thomas N. Baker goes "Beyond the American Renaissance" in his response to Chapter 3—From Republican to Romantic (1800-1850) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History. thecarryall.org/beyond-the-a...
Beyond the American Renaissance | Carryall
Thomas N. Baker responds to Chapter 3—From Republican to Romantic (1800-1850) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
At The Carryall, Thomas N. Baker goes "Beyond the American Renaissance" in his response to Chapter 3—From Republican to Romantic (1800-1850) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History. thecarryall.org/beyond-the-a...
Today at The Carryall, Hunter Moskowitz takes us in search of "A Broader Fabric" of US intellectual history in and around the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts during the antebellum era. thecarryall.org/a-broader-fa...
A Broader Fabric | Carryall
Hunter Moskowitz responds to Chapter 3—From Republican to Romantic (1800-1850) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Today at The Carryall, Hunter Moskowitz takes us in search of "A Broader Fabric" of US intellectual history in and around the textile mills of Lowell, Massachusetts during the antebellum era. thecarryall.org/a-broader-fa...
No hoax! Today at The Carryall, Kevin B. Sheets explores antebellum pop culture in his roundtable response to Chapter 3—From Republican to Romantic (1800-1850) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's *The Ideas That Made America.* Check out the essay “The Discarded Humbug." thecarryall.org/the-discarde...
The Discarded Humbug | Carryall
Kevin B. Sheets responds to Chapter 3—From Republican to Romantic (1800-1850) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagens The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
No hoax! Today at The Carryall, Kevin B. Sheets explores antebellum pop culture in his roundtable response to Chapter 3—From Republican to Romantic (1800-1850) of Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's *The Ideas That Made America.* Check out the essay “The Discarded Humbug." thecarryall.org/the-discarde...
Our roundtable on Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America* continues. Sarah E. Naramore explores the links between history of science/medicine & intellectual history in a response to Chapter 2—America and the Transatlantic Enlightenment (1740-1800). thecarryall.org/lets-get-phy...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Our roundtable on Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s *The Ideas That Made America* continues. Sarah E. Naramore explores the links between history of science/medicine & intellectual history in a response to Chapter 2—America and the Transatlantic Enlightenment (1740-1800). thecarryall.org/lets-get-phy...
Today at The Carryall, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra asks "Whose Ideas? Whose America?" in response to Ch 1—World of Empires (Precontact-1740) and Ch 2—America and the Transatlantic Enlightenment (1740-1800) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America. thecarryall.org/whose-ideas-...
Whose Ideas? Whose America? | Carryall
Jorge Canizares-Esguerra responds to Chapter 1—World of Empires (Precontact-1740) and Chapter 2—America and the Transatlantic Enlightenment (1740-1800) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That M...
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March 5, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Today at The Carryall, Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra asks "Whose Ideas? Whose America?" in response to Ch 1—World of Empires (Precontact-1740) and Ch 2—America and the Transatlantic Enlightenment (1740-1800) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America. thecarryall.org/whose-ideas-...
Today at The Carryall, Aubrey Lauersdorf's "The Ideas that Made Tsenacommacah," a response to Chapter 1—World of Empires (Precontact-1740) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America that brings ethnohistory to bear on US intellectual history. thecarryall.org/the-ideas-th...
The Ideas that Made Tsenacommacah | Carryall
Aubrey Lauersdorf responds to Chapter 1—World of Empires (Precontact-1740) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Today at The Carryall, Aubrey Lauersdorf's "The Ideas that Made Tsenacommacah," a response to Chapter 1—World of Empires (Precontact-1740) in Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America that brings ethnohistory to bear on US intellectual history. thecarryall.org/the-ideas-th...
Today at The Carryall, Joshua L. Crutchfield "Retheorizes Who Theorizes" in our continuing inaugural roundtable of riffs on & responses to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America. thecarryall.org/retheorizing...
Retheorizing Who Theorizes | Carryall
Joshua L. Crutchfield responds to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 5, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today at The Carryall, Joshua L. Crutchfield "Retheorizes Who Theorizes" in our continuing inaugural roundtable of riffs on & responses to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America. thecarryall.org/retheorizing...
At The Carryall, David Farber is Out for Blood. Not really, but he is interested in how to connect the abstractions of intellectual history better to questions of social power & force in a response to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America. thecarryall.org/out-for-blood/
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David Farber responds to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:03 PM
At The Carryall, David Farber is Out for Blood. Not really, but he is interested in how to connect the abstractions of intellectual history better to questions of social power & force in a response to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America. thecarryall.org/out-for-blood/
Today at The Carryall, Roberto Breña responds to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History with a more hemispheric perspective from outside the US. thecarryall.org/the-unexcept... cc: @susih.bsky.social
The Unexceptionalism of American Exceptionalism | Carryall
Roberto Breña responds to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen's The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History.
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March 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Today at The Carryall, Roberto Breña responds to Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen’s The Ideas That Made America: A Brief History with a more hemispheric perspective from outside the US. thecarryall.org/the-unexcept... cc: @susih.bsky.social