Justin F Jackson, Ph.D.
@justinfdjackson.bsky.social
justinfjackson.com
Historian, author of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (UNC Press, 2025)
Historian, author of The Work of Empire: War, Occupation, and the Making of American Colonialism in Cuba and the Philippines (UNC Press, 2025)
Hey @smh-historians.bsky.social: interested in connecting American labor and military history?
Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
October 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Hey @smh-historians.bsky.social: interested in connecting American labor and military history?
Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
Check out our debate on "The Wages of War" in the new Sept. 2025 issue of @laborlawchajournal.bsky.social, including essays by John Hall, Reena Goldthree, and Tej Nagaraja...
Check out this LAWCHA roundtable on Emma Amador's book! The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rico Women Organizing for Social Justice...Wed., Oct. 22, 7pm...
October 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Check out this LAWCHA roundtable on Emma Amador's book! The Politics of Care Work: Puerto Rico Women Organizing for Social Justice...Wed., Oct. 22, 7pm...
Need a historian to put the present in context while dispatching the resurrected spirit of President William McKinley to the dustbin?
Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)
Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)
October 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Need a historian to put the present in context while dispatching the resurrected spirit of President William McKinley to the dustbin?
Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)
Yah, I can do that. (With hand gestures implying critique as magic trick.)
Spotted in the wild!
Get it direct from UNC Press during their new website 50% off flash sale (ends Wednesday!)
@uncpress.bksy.social
uncpress.org/new-website-...
Get it direct from UNC Press during their new website 50% off flash sale (ends Wednesday!)
@uncpress.bksy.social
uncpress.org/new-website-...
August 26, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Spotted in the wild!
Get it direct from UNC Press during their new website 50% off flash sale (ends Wednesday!)
@uncpress.bksy.social
uncpress.org/new-website-...
Get it direct from UNC Press during their new website 50% off flash sale (ends Wednesday!)
@uncpress.bksy.social
uncpress.org/new-website-...
Spotted in the wild…next to some excellent new books, by the way.
@sethrockman.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146966032...
@sethrockman.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146966032...
August 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Spotted in the wild…next to some excellent new books, by the way.
@sethrockman.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146966032...
@sethrockman.bsky.social
@uncpress.bsky.social
uncpress.org/978146966032...
Is this how we go to heaven?
August 3, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Is this how we go to heaven?
Between the #UNCPress exhibit at #SHAFR2025 (40% off sale!), and the Du Bois library’s new books display (with good company!), it’s finally arrived! Cheers! Huge thanks to editor extraordinaire @dgershenowitz.bsky.social!
June 28, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Between the #UNCPress exhibit at #SHAFR2025 (40% off sale!), and the Du Bois library’s new books display (with good company!), it’s finally arrived! Cheers! Huge thanks to editor extraordinaire @dgershenowitz.bsky.social!
LABOR's forthcoming issue, previewed...
June 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
LABOR's forthcoming issue, previewed...
Haven't ordered The Work of Empire (still 30% off)? Read the intro, sample chapters, at #UNCPress:
www.book2look.com/book/ZmaKltJ...
And guess the topic of a chapter in the next book, from street names I've spotted recently - Fremont, Kearney, Mason, Sloat, Stockton, and...
www.book2look.com/book/ZmaKltJ...
And guess the topic of a chapter in the next book, from street names I've spotted recently - Fremont, Kearney, Mason, Sloat, Stockton, and...
June 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Haven't ordered The Work of Empire (still 30% off)? Read the intro, sample chapters, at #UNCPress:
www.book2look.com/book/ZmaKltJ...
And guess the topic of a chapter in the next book, from street names I've spotted recently - Fremont, Kearney, Mason, Sloat, Stockton, and...
www.book2look.com/book/ZmaKltJ...
And guess the topic of a chapter in the next book, from street names I've spotted recently - Fremont, Kearney, Mason, Sloat, Stockton, and...
The Work of Empire: book release today, Amherst Books, 7pm!
Can't be there? Take advantage of UNC Press's 30% discount, thanks to its American History sale!
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Can't be there? Take advantage of UNC Press's 30% discount, thanks to its American History sale!
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
May 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Work of Empire: book release today, Amherst Books, 7pm!
Can't be there? Take advantage of UNC Press's 30% discount, thanks to its American History sale!
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Can't be there? Take advantage of UNC Press's 30% discount, thanks to its American History sale!
uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 7:00 PM, Amherst Books!
April 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Thursday, May 1, 2025, 7:00 PM, Amherst Books!
Still at 30% discount #UNCPress!
@greeneland.bsky.social, writes: "The Work of Empire is a stunning achievement...a major and beautifully written work that scholars of empire as well as military and labor history will need to read and contemplate." Book release, Amherst Books, Thursday, May 1, 7pm!
@greeneland.bsky.social, writes: "The Work of Empire is a stunning achievement...a major and beautifully written work that scholars of empire as well as military and labor history will need to read and contemplate." Book release, Amherst Books, Thursday, May 1, 7pm!
April 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Still at 30% discount #UNCPress!
@greeneland.bsky.social, writes: "The Work of Empire is a stunning achievement...a major and beautifully written work that scholars of empire as well as military and labor history will need to read and contemplate." Book release, Amherst Books, Thursday, May 1, 7pm!
@greeneland.bsky.social, writes: "The Work of Empire is a stunning achievement...a major and beautifully written work that scholars of empire as well as military and labor history will need to read and contemplate." Book release, Amherst Books, Thursday, May 1, 7pm!
On display at #SMH !!! Thanks so much @dgershenowitz.bsky.social !!!
Remember - UNC Press's American History sale is on!
Remember - UNC Press's American History sale is on!
March 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
On display at #SMH !!! Thanks so much @dgershenowitz.bsky.social !!!
Remember - UNC Press's American History sale is on!
Remember - UNC Press's American History sale is on!
Advance copies are out! Get yours now while UNC Press still has its American History sale, with a 30% discount!
uncpress.org/american-his...
uncpress.org/american-his...
March 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Advance copies are out! Get yours now while UNC Press still has its American History sale, with a 30% discount!
uncpress.org/american-his...
uncpress.org/american-his...