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Reconstructing the American Home: Western Boardinghouses on the Comstock Lode — Nicole Martin

48 min · 19. maj 2026
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This podcast episode features a conversation between JAH associate editor Dr. Amy Ransford and Dr. Nicole Martin about her recent JAH article “Reconstructing the American Home: Western Boardinghouses on the Comstock Lode” published in the September 2025 issue. Listen to learn more about the important role of boarding houses and boarding house women during Reconstruction in the West. Martin also challenges assumptions about the “home” in the context of rising domesticity and the moral Christian home in the early nineteenth century. Read Martin’s JAH article here: https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaf098 [https://doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaaf098] Bluesky: @oah.org | Facebook: The Journal of American History #JAHCast

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