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HOCHFELDER, David; SCHULTZ, Kevin M.

This article introduces articles that are contained in the September 2006 issue of the "Journal of American History." David Hochfelder is the author of an article that examines the introduction of the stock market ticker and its impact on the social, cultural and economic life of the United States in the 19th century. An article by Kevin M. Schultz looks at the controversy surrounding the 196o U.S. census. In that year the United States Census Bureau considered putting a question on the form asking about the religion of respondents. The idea was widely supported by American Catholics, who saw it as confirmation of their integration into the American mainstream, but was not supported by American Jews who feared vilification as a result of it. Other articles in the journal concern American consumerism and global anti-Americanism.