The remit of each contributor was to take The Pioneers as a starting point for discussion, rather than to approach this task as a formal review. But with this feature we intend to focus at least as much on engagement. Criticism is reasonable when the limitations of the work demand it, and so this forum certainly provides it. The Pioneers early received both a great deal of public attention and stinging scholarly criticism. republic moving west and enlarging the nation's territorial claims, Pioneers brushed against subjects of central interest to members of Society of Historians of the Early American Republic (SHEAR) and readers of the JER, issues including, but not limited to, Indigenous history, settler colonialism, the expansion of slavery, and the role of land acquisition and speculative profit in the development of capitalism. By telling a story about citizens of the U.S. To launch Critical Engagements, the JER commissioned a forum on David McCullough's 2019 New York Times #1 bestselling history, The Pioneers. Critical Engagements will appear on a recurring though not a fixed schedule to allow the JER to participate in conversations of great interests to scholars of the early American republic and the general public. We are pleased to announce a new feature in the Journal of the Early Republic (JER): Critical Engagements.
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