Richard Kreitner
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Richard Kreitner
  • book reviews
  • civil war
  • history
  • slavery
  • constitution
  • secession
  • trump
  • interviews
  • reconstruction
  • abolitionism
  • elections
  • literature
  • new york city
  • art
  • articles of confederation
  • presidents
  • second civil war
  • parks
  • hudson valley
  • federalism
  • jews
  • socialism
  • gentrification
  • photography
  • war and peace
  • monuments
  • revolution
  • the west
  • rivers
  • liberalism
  • travel
  • personal
  • film
  • capitalism
  • technology
  • music
  • abol
  • declaration of independence
  • new york state
  • patriotism
  • semiquincentennial
  • founding
  • social media
  • race
  • democracy
  • native americans
  • police
  • ku klux klan
  • american revolution
  • attention
It’s America’s Birthday, and He’ll Be Mad if He Wants To (Review of 'America, U.S.A.,' By Eddie Glaude Jr.)
The New York TimesRichard KreitnerMay 25, 2026slavery, declaration of independence, semiquincentennial, civil war, reconstruction, ku klux klan, race, patriotism, democracy
Joseph J. Ellis Doesn’t Think You Would Have Abolished Slavery, Either (Review of 'The Great Contradiction')
The New York TimesRichard KreitnerOctober 28, 2025slavery, american revolution, revolution, book reviews, abolitionism, native americans, history, founding
The Grand Street Riot (review of Scott D. Seligman's 'The Chief Rabbi's Funeral)
Jewish Review of BooksRichard KreitnerJuly 1, 2025book reviews, jews, new york city, history
Charles Sumner Was More Than Just a Guy Who Got Caned on the Senate Floor (review of Zaakir Tameez's 'Charles Sumner')
The New York TimesRichard KreitnerJune 2, 2025slavery, secession, civil war, book reviews, abol
Attention, Distraction, Social Media, and Trump (Interview with Chris Hayes)
ChronogramRichard KreitnerJanuary 30, 2025interviews, attention, trump, social media
Dusting Off the Old Stories (Review of 'A Promised Land,' by Adam Jortner)
Jewish Review of BooksRichard KreitnerJanuary 15, 2025jews, revolution, history, slavery, constitution, book reviews
Review of Debra Bruno's 'A Hudson Valley Reckoning'
ChronogramRichard KreitnerDecember 1, 2024slavery, hudson valley, revolution, book reviews, history
A Smarter, More Local Resistance
DemocracyRichard KreitnerNovember 19, 2024trump, secession, federalism, elections
How White Greed Destroyed a Bank for the Newly Freed (review of 'Savings and Trust,' by Justene Hill Edwards
The New York TimesRichard KreitnerOctober 19, 2024civil war, reconstruction, slavery, book reviews
Following the road to Civil War through Massachusetts and South Carolina (review of Robert Merry’s ‘Decade of disunion’)
The Washington PostRichard KreitnerJuly 13, 2024civil war, second civil war, book reviews, slavery, abolitionism
A Savannah Poet (review of Jason Friedman's 'Liberty Street')
Jewish Review of BooksRichard KreitnerJuly 1, 2024book reviews, civil war, slavery, literature, jews
Wildfires in the Hudson Valley: What Are the Risks? (Part 2)
The Highlands CurrentRichard KreitnerJune 7, 2024hudson valley
Wildfires in the Hudson Valley: What Are the Risks? (part 1)
The Highlands CurrentRichard KreitnerMay 31, 2024hudson valley
A Tale of Two Newburghs: Gentrification and Its Contradictions (inteview with Richard Ocejo)
ChronogramRichard KreitnerMay 17, 2024gentrification, art, hudson valley, interviews
Is It Possible to Have a “Positive Collapse”? (review of Eric Cline's 'After 1177 B.C.)
SlateRichard KreitnerApril 28, 2024book reviews, history
Americans Have Enjoyed Imagining Civil War for a Long, Long Time (review of Alex Garland's 'Civil War')
SlateRichard KreitnerApril 11, 2024film, civil war, second civil war, secession, literature, war and peace
A Review of Amitava Kumar's ‘My Beloved Life’
ChronogramRichard KreitnerFebruary 1, 2024book reviews, literature
The Conquered General (review of Elizabeth Varon's 'Longstreet')
SlateRichard KreitnerNovember 20, 2023civil war, reconstruction, book reviews, slavery
The Battle Over the Hudson Highlands Fjord Trail
ChronogramRichard KreitnerOctober 27, 2023parks, rivers, hudson valley
How Thomas Smallwood helped hundreds of enslaved people find freedom (review of Scott Shane's 'Flee North')
The Washington PostRichard KreitnerSeptember 8, 2023slavery, abolitionism, book reviews
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