Free Access to EAS’s most-read articles of 2024!

We are pleased to share some of 2024’s most-read articles from Early American Studies. We hope you will share these articles with colleagues, students, and anyone else who might have an interest in the journal. The articles are free to download and read through the end of January 2025. Enjoy! 2024’s most-read articles: The Impact of the American Revolution on French Anticolonial and Antislavery Views in the 1780s by Carine Lounissi Revisioning…

EASDecember 13, 2024December 27, 2024

Contemporary Connections, Special Features, Uncategorized

Distributing Representation: Are the Founders’ Ideas Still Useful in the 21st Century? – Robert J. Gough

The issues of the size of the House of Representatives and the apportionment of its members were not settled in 1792 and remain contentious in 2022. In the nearly century-and-a-half between 1790 and 1930, the House grew from 105 to 435 members, and Congress used several different methods to apportion them among the states. Politics always played a role in these decisions, but Congress also became entangled in what mathematicians…

EASJuly 1, 2022November 18, 2024