Does Regency-Era Opium Use Explain Anne de Bourgh of <em>Pride and Prejudice</em>?

Does Regency-Era Opium Use Explain Anne de Bourgh of Pride and Prejudice?

Molly Greeley in Conversation with C.P. Lesley on the New Books Network Podcast

By New Books Network | February 16, 2021

The Hidden Narrative in <em>Middlemarch</em> That 2021 Readers Will Spot

The Hidden Narrative in Middlemarch That 2021 Readers Will Spot

Diana Rose Newby on George Eliot's Approach to Contagion

By Diana Rose Newby | February 12, 2021

I Wanted to Understand the Breathtaking Violence of American Policing, <br>So I Became a Cop

I Wanted to Understand the Breathtaking Violence of American Policing,
So I Became a Cop

Rosa Brooks Wrestles with the Puzzle of State-Sanctioned Violence

By Rosa Brooks | February 12, 2021

This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

This month, Frederick Douglass’s papers will be made available to the public.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

Listen to the sound of an 18,000-year-old conch shell.

By Walker Caplan | February 11, 2021

How America Has Always Advertised the Next Golden Age of Computers

How America Has Always Advertised the Next Golden Age of Computers

A Brief History of Selling the Future

By Ryan Mungia | February 11, 2021

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On the Connection Between Chinese Folktales and American Comic Book Heroes

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On the First All-Black Parachute Infantry Battalion, the Triple Nickles

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Is this cancel culture? Josh Hawley vs. The 1619 Project

Is this cancel culture? Josh Hawley vs. The 1619 Project

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The Woman Who Ran for President Before Women<br> Could Vote

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Mira Ptacin on the Ambitions of Victoria Woodhull

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When Do Unspoken Social Rules Become Fashion Laws?

When Do Unspoken Social Rules Become Fashion Laws?

Richard Thompson Ford on the Time a Top Hat Scandalized London

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How the Nuclear Family Exploited Unwed Mothers

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How James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell Became a Negro League Superstar

How James Thomas “Cool Papa” Bell Became a Negro League Superstar

Lonnie Wheeler Celebrates One of the Fastest Men Ever to Play Baseball

By Lonnie Wheeler | February 10, 2021

Gossip, Deceit, and Heartbreak in 19th-Century New England

Gossip, Deceit, and Heartbreak in 19th-Century New England

Christine Leigh Heyrman Unpacks an Unlikely Calvinist Love Triangle

By Christine Leigh Heyrman | February 10, 2021

Rare and lurid document of 18th-century English queerness discovered.

Rare and lurid document of 18th-century English queerness discovered.

By Jonny Diamond | February 9, 2021

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