The Best American History Essays 2006

Introduction; J.Appleby Joseph Ellis Inventing the Presidency From American Heritage ; W.Holton 'Divide et Impera': Federalist 10 in a Wider Sphere From The William and Mary Quarterly ; L.A.Schwalm 'Overrun with Free Negroes': Emancipation and Wartime Migration in the Upper Midwest From Civil War History ; C.R.Osthaus The Work Ethic of Plain Folk: Labor and Religion in the Old South From The Journal of Southern History ; D.L.McGuire 'It was Like All of Us had Been Raped': Sexual Violence, Community Mobilization and the African-American Freedom Struggle From The Journal of American History ; E.Avila Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Film Noir, Disneyland, and the Cold War (Sub)Urban Imaginary From the Journal of Urban History ; C.Brooks Sing Sheng vs. Southwood: Residential Integration in Cold War California From the Pacific Historical Review ; R.E.Luker Murder and Biblical Memory: The Legend of Vernon Johns From the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography ; T.J.Sugrue Affirmative Action from Below: Civil Rights, the Building Trades, and the Politics of Racial Equality in the Urban North, 1945-1969 - From The Journal of American History ; M.D.Lassiter The Suburban Origins of 'Color-Blind' Conservatism: Middle-Class Consciousness in the Charlotte Busing Crisis From the Journal of Urban History ; M.D.Lassiter Other Articles Nominated for the 2006 Competition