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The Journal of American History
Discipline	History
Language	English
Edited by	Edward Linenthal
Publication details
Publisher	Organization of American Historians (USA)
Publication history	1914-present
Indexing
ISSN	0021-8723
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The Journal of American History (sometimes abbreviated as JAH), is the official academic journal of the Organization of American Historians. It is the leading scholarly publication and the journal of record in the field of American history. It was first published in 1914 as the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, the official journal of the Mississippi Valley Historical Association. After the publication of its fiftieth volume (1963), the recognition of a shift in the direction of the membership and its scholarship led to the name change (1964).

The JAH 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– )