The Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association
The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (AHA) was formed as a branch of the AHA in 1903 and currently has a membership of nearly 3,000. It is composed of all members of the Association living in the western states and provinces of the United States and Canada.
A professional organization of teachers, professors, researchers, librarians, writers, and publishers, the Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA holds an annual convention, usually selecting an area of historical or recreational interest for the conference location. The AHA promotes the study of history by encouraging and facilitating research and professional activities. It also publishes The American Historical Review.
The Pacific Coast Branch awards prizes for scholarly books and articles, including the W. Turrentine Jackson Award, given to the author of the most outstanding dissertation on any aspect of the history of the American West in the twentieth century.
Published for: The Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association
For over 70 years, the Pacific Historical Review has accurately and adeptly covered the history of American expansion to the Pacific and beyond, as well as the post-frontier developments of the 20th-century American West. Recent articles have discussed:
The Pacific Coast Branch of the American Historical Association (AHA) was formed as a branch of the AHA in 1903 and currently has a membership of nearly 3,000. It is composed of all members of the Association living in the western states and provinces of the United States and Canada.
A professional organization of teachers, professors, researchers, librarians, writers, and publishers, the Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA holds an annual convention, usually selecting an area of historical or recreational interest for the conference location. The AHA promotes the study of history by encouraging and facilitating research and professional activities. It also publishes The American Historical Review.
The Pacific Coast Branch awards prizes for scholarly books and articles, including the W. Turrentine Jackson Award, given to the author of the most outstanding dissertation on any aspect of the history of the American West in the twentieth century.
Pacific Historical Review
Editor(s): David A. Johnson and Carl AbbottPublished for: The Pacific Coast Branch, American Historical Association
- Japanese American Internment
- The Establishment of Zion and Bryce National Parks in Utah
- Mexican Americans, Testing, and School Policy 1920-1940
- Irish Immigrant Settlements in Nineteenth-Century California and Australia
- American Imperialism in Oceania
- Native American Labor in the Early Twentieth Century
- U.S.-Philippines Relations
- Pacific Railroad and Westward Expansion before 1945
Every 170-page issue of the Pacific Historical Review features an extensive section devoted to book reviews--"roughly thirty in each issue--"plus frequent review essays. The "Historical News" section provides you with information about key figures in the PCB-AHA, as well as announcements for fellowships and awards. The Pacific Historical Review also includes notes and documents, historiographies, and forums on a broad range of topics.
For information on editorial fellowships with Pacific Historical Review please click here.
Pacific Historical Review
ISSN: 0030-8684
eISSN: 1533-8584
Frequency: Quarterly
Published: February, May, August, November
ISSN: 0030-8684
eISSN: 1533-8584
Frequency: Quarterly
Published: February, May, August, November
