While some of the hotter debate from the middle of July has died down, the impact of Nancy MacLean’s Democracy in Chains continues to reverberate, especially among historians. This week, a number of us will be posting on different aspects of the book, from libertarianism and public choice to the history of segregation and voting rights in the United States. But we will also address some of the broader issues which the book and its reception raises about how to do intellectual history, how to write well about politically sensitive issues, and particularly how to write good intellectual history for Read more