{"title":"Philadelphia, the Revolutionary CityBy Patrick Spero, Michelle Craig McDonald, John Van Horne, David R. Brigham, Caroline O'Connell, and Bayard Miller, Philadelphia, PA: American Philosophical Society Press, 2025. 110 pp. ISBN: 978-1-60-618122-5","authors":"Theodore Bain","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70028","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70028","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"81-82"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567448","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Playing Through Pain: The Violent Consequences of Capitalist Sport. By Daniel Sailofsky, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 244 pp. ISBN: 978-1-46-968587-8","authors":"Theodore Bain","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"77-78"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147564965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Becoming Lunsford Lane: The Lives of an American Aeneas. By Craig Thompson Friend, Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 420 pp. ISBN: 978-1-46-968534-2","authors":"Theodore Bain","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70021","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"70-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Steven Spielberg's Children. By Linda Ruth Williams, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2025. 306 pp. ISBN: 978-0-81-357167-6","authors":"Kathy Merlock Jackson","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"66-67"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147563503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Voudou and Vengeance: Marie Laveau's Evolution From Maternal Figure to Satanic Avenger in American Horror Story: Coven","authors":"Kathleen Turner Ledgerwood","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70056","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"3-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147565513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Anti-Christ and the Millennium: Revolutionary Apocalypticism in Colonial Maryland, 1640–1700","authors":"Michael Wolfe","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70055","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70055","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Scholars have often brushed over the topic of apocalyptic and Millennialist ideology after 1660. This research finds that apocalyptic convictions played a primary role in fomenting revolutionary political action in colonial Maryland during the mid-late 17th century. A politico-historical and theological analysis of colonial documents and contemporary English apocalyptic publications reveals clear emulation of Isaian restoration language—suggesting that Maryland revolutionaries understood their actions within the larger Millennial narrative. The findings in this study open the door for further consideration of the effect of imperial power structures on regionalized apocalyptic narratives in the 17th century and beyond.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"38-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147570366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Hardcore Punk in the Age of Reagan: The Lyrical Lashing of an American Presidency. By Fitzgerald, Robert, Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2025. 241 pp. ISBN: 978-1-46-968545-8","authors":"Scott R. Stalcup","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70058","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"62-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147566158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Play This Book Loud: Noisy Essays. By Joe Bonomo, Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2025. 242 pp. ISBN: 978-0-8203-7380-5","authors":"Scott R. Stalcup","doi":"10.1111/jacc.70054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.70054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"49 1","pages":"83-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2026-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147567072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sports Through the Lens: Essays on 25 Iconic Photographs. By M. Smith Maureen, A. Nathan Daniel, and K. Fields Sarah (eds.), Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024. 294 pp. $45 (hardcover). ISBN: 978-1-47-733009-8","authors":"Theodore Bain","doi":"10.1111/jacc.13628","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.13628","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"48 3","pages":"140-141"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145012244","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Abraham Lincoln: Books and Ephemera From the David M. Rubinstein Americana Collection. By Mazy Boroujerdi (ed.), New York: The Grolier Club, 2024. 271 pp. ISBN: 978-1-60-583118-3","authors":"David M. Sokol","doi":"10.1111/jacc.13627","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/jacc.13627","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44809,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF AMERICAN CULTURE","volume":"48 3","pages":"138-139"},"PeriodicalIF":0.2,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145012238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}