Tamara Gaskell | Editorial | The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 132.4

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Editorial

If you live in Pennsylvania, you cannot help but be aware—in this election season—of the important role that politics plays in this state and that Pennsylvania plays in the political life of the nation. In recognition of the important choices that citizens of this commonwealth would be weighing this elections year, The Historical Society of Pennsylvania decided to make the topic of "politics and civic engagement" the underlying theme of our activities this year. Coincidentally, over the last several years PMHB's editorial board has puzzled over the dearth of articles and books in recent years on politics in this state. And we have discussed the idea of publishing a special issue on the topic both to highlight some of the best recent work and to encourage further work on the topic. This year, it seemed, would be a good time to publish that special issue.

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