The Duncan & Coe History Show

Blank Check History: When Scholars Hit the Jackpot

The Duncan & Coe History Show

Show Notes

In the Season 0 finale, Mike and Alexis consider a world in which historians put their money where their history is.

Links to the great work of our guests! Rory McGovern Race, Politics, and Reconstruction: The First Black Cadets at Old West Point Marcia Chatelain Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

Emily Tamkin Bad Jews: A History of American Jewish Politics and Identities

Chistine Caccipuoti Footnoting History

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