The Journal of American History

The Journal of American History
Former name(s)	Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association, Mississippi Valley Historical Review
Abbreviated title (ISO)	J. Am. Hist.
Discipline	American history
Language	English
Edited by	Edward Linenthal
Publication details
Publisher	Oxford University Press for the Organization of American Historians (United States)
Publication history	1914-present
Frequency	Quarterly
Impact factor (2009)	0.684
Indexing
ISSN	0021-8723 (print) 19360967 (web)
LCCN	41015235
OCLC number	1754428
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The Journal of American History is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians. It covers the field of American history and was established in 1914 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, the official journal of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. After the publication of its fiftieth volume, the recognition of a shift in the direction of the membership and its scholarship led to the name change in 1964.

The journal is headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana and is published quarterly, in March, June, September, and December.

List of editors

As Proceedings of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association

• Benjamin F. Shambaugh (1908–1914)

As Mississippi Valley Historical Review

• Clarence W. Alvord (1914–1923)
• Lester B. Shippee (1923–1924)
• Milo M. Quaife (1924–1930)
• Arthur C. Cole (1930–1941)
• Louis Pelzer (1941–1946)
• Wendell H. Stephenson (1946–1953)
• William C. Binkley (1953–1963)
• Oscar O. Winther (1963–1964)

As Journal of American History

• Oscar O. Winther (1964–1966)
• Martin Ridge (1966–1978)
• Lewis Perry (1978–1984)
• Paul Lucas (1984–1985)
• David Thelen (1985–1999)
• Joanne Meyerowitz (1999–2004)
• David Nord (2004–2005)
• Edward T. Linenthal (2005– )