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History
The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History
Alanna Okun on Kassia St. Clair's History of Fabric
By
Alanna Okun
| November 27, 2019
How William Monroe Trotter Mobilized Black Americans Across Class Lines
Kerri K. Greenidge on the Lasting Effects of 1902's Crumpacker Rally
By
Kerri K Greenidge
| November 26, 2019
How Religious Revivals Gave Women a Voice in Colonial America
"Proper and upright did not mean passive and docile."
By
J.D. Dickey
| November 22, 2019
How George Eliot Became a Social Outcast at the Height of Her Fame
On Her Final novel,
Daniel Deronda
By
Norman Lebrecht
| November 22, 2019
A Family Tree Forever Changed By Disaster
Sarah Abrevaya Stein on the Great Fire of Salonica
By
Sarah Abrevaya Stein
| November 22, 2019
Retracing the Historical (and Literal) Path of Napoleon's Retreat from Russia
Sylvain Tesson Attempts to Journey Back to 1812
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Sylvain Tesson
| November 21, 2019
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Who Were the Scribes Who Actually Wrote Down the
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Piecing Together the Lives
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By
Rachel May
| November 21, 2019
When a City Goes Bankrupt: A Brief History of Detroit c. 2010
“The country cannot prosper if its cities are decaying.”
By
Jodie Adams Kirshner
| November 21, 2019
American Diplomacy After Benghazi
On Chris Stevens and the Risks Taken by Ambassadors Abroad
By
Paul Richter
| November 20, 2019
How the Vietnam War Changed
Political Poetry
Daniel H. Weiss on Michael O'Donnell,
Deer Hunter
, and the Arts That Disillusioned Soldiers Turned to
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Daniel H. Weiss
| November 20, 2019
The Debutante Ball in the Global
Age of Instagram
On High Society Rites of Passage and Dreams of Fame
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Kristen Richardson
| November 20, 2019
Vodka Shots with Stalin: On the Dinner That Changed the War
Serhii Plohky on the WWII Allied Plans for the Air
By
Serhii Plokhy
| November 20, 2019
Blue Babies, Big Egos, and the Wild World of Early Open Heart Surgery
On Post-War Innovations in Life Saving Surgery
By
Gabriel Brownstein
| November 19, 2019
What If We Called It the 'Flax Age' Instead of the 'Iron Age'?
Correcting the Historical Bias Against Domestic Materials
By
Kassia St. Clair
| November 19, 2019
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