Webbed History

Just to bring to your attention some interesting new history stuff on the web.

Well, www.common-place.org is not really new; it's been around for a couple of years. It is a nicely done web-zine that seeks to bridge the gap between the popular and the academic. That it generally fails in this is because the people that run it seem to be the sort of types who actually use raceclassgender as a single word. They just aren't populist enough or snobbish enough to figure out how to make the masses eat their spinach. This leads to such winners as a handwringing article that laments the fact that millions are being spent on Frontier House and not one more cent on Sturbridge Village, Plimouth Plantation, or Colonial Williamsburg. No sense, of course, that the upcoming Colonial House could be one of the best commercials for living history since Williamsburg opened. Though, mind you, I am figuring it will be a long wait until we see Plantation House.

Another good site is the new Historacle history blog from The Historical Society. A nice idea- but they don't seem to be updating the content. Stay tuned for more.