EARLY AMERICAN MATTERS,
the American Studies Association’s
newest caucus, invites you to JOIN US at
each and all of these events at this year’s A.S.A.
conference, November 3-6 in Washington:

“Nineteenth-Century Cherokee Marriage Laws: Regulating Race and Sex in the Cherokee Nation”
Fay A. Yarbrough, University of Kentucky

“The Protestant Republic: Evangelicalism and American Political Life”
Simon P. Newman, University of Glasgow;  chair, British Association for American Studies

“Bone of My Bone, Flesh of My Flesh: John Winthrop’s Bridal Citizenship in the Twenty-First Century”
Michael Ditmore, Pepperdine University

“Then and Now: Early American and Contemporary Society”        – Our session!, at noon

Dennis Moore, Florida State University, chair                                  Friday, November 4

“A Dyspeptic’s Utopia: William Alcott and the Legacy of Vegetarian Reform”
Rafia Zafar, Washington University

“From Protestant Calling to White Collar Sweatshop: The Changing Lifestyle of Work”
Ann Kibbey, University of Colorado

“Towards a Multicultural Space in Debating the Native American”
    Donald A., Grinde, Jr., State University of New York, Buffalo

PLUS “Primary Places: Early American Resources AT the Library of Congress”

Primary Places I: MATERIAL CULTURE Resources at the Library of Congress

Friday, November 4, 10:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.,
AT the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
-- sponsored by the Material Culture Caucus

Primary Places II: EARLY AMERICAN Resources at the Library of Congress

Friday, November 4, 1:30 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.,
AT the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress
-- sponsored by the Early American Matters Caucus

PLUS a simple business meeting and a reception, both on Friday, November 4:

BUSINESS MEETING:  4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

RECEPTION:  5:00 - 7:00 p.m.