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Why America’s First Department of Education Didn’t Last
Created in 1867, the short-lived office was mired in the ongoing American strife after the Civil War.
by
Petula Dvorak
via
Retropolis
on
February 4, 2025
The Hazards of Slavery
Scott Spillman reviews Seth Rockman’s “Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery.”
by
Scott Spillman
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Los Angeles Review of Books
on
December 2, 2024
Scratching the Surface
How geology shaped American culture.
by
Jacob Mikanowski
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
November 20, 2024
New Estimates of US Civil War Mortality from Full-Census Records
The Civil War was the deadliest conflict in US history. However, incomplete records have made it difficult to estimate the exact death toll.
by
Joan Barceló
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Jeffrey L. Jensen
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Leonid Peisakhin
,
Haoyu Zhai
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
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November 18, 2024
The Rise and Fall of Midwest Populism
When the Minnesota’s Farmer-Labor Party merged into the Democratic machine, its populist energies were chewed up and spat out.
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Patrick Greeley
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Jacobin
on
November 11, 2024
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How Trump’s Red Wave Builds on the Past
Donald’s Trump’s resounding 2024 victory echoes electoral shifts of the past.
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Retro Report
on
November 8, 2024
Who Owns the Mountains?
Hurricane Helene has revived urgent questions about the politics of land — and tourism — in Appalachia.
by
Olivia Paschal
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New York Review of Books
on
November 3, 2024
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Tariffs Don’t Have to Make Economic Sense to Appeal to Trump Voters
Economists and Democrats dismiss Trump’s tariffs talk at their peril.
by
Bruce J. Schulman
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Made By History
on
October 24, 2024
Apples Have Never Tasted So Delicious. Here’s Why
Apple experts divide time into “before Honeycrisp” and “after Honeycrisp,” and apples have never tasted so good.
by
Laura Helmuth
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Scientific American
on
October 24, 2024
Who Were the Mysterious Moon-Eyed People of Appalachia?
Tales of strange, nocturnal people haunt the region—and so do theories about who they were, from a lost Welsh "tribe" to aliens.
by
Hadley Meares
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Atlas Obscura
on
October 22, 2024
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Strange Political Bedfellows
The origins of the Electoral College are entwined with slavery, but not in the way that recent accounts have suggested.
by
Mark McKibbin
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Denver Brunsman
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HNN
on
October 9, 2024
Eroticize the Hood
A new book revamps Newark's reputation as unsexy, violent, destitute, defiantly declaring it “a place of desire, love, eroticism, community, and resistance.”
by
José Sanchez
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n+1
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October 8, 2024
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How Qatar Became a Major Middle East Power Broker
The history behind the country's role as a key American ally that also maintains warm relations with Iran and others.
by
Allen Fromherz
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Made By History
on
September 30, 2024
A Picture-Book Guide to Maine
Children’s stories set on the coast suggest a wilder way of life.
by
Anna E. Holmes
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The New Yorker
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September 8, 2024
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The Forebears of J.D. Vance and the New Right
Revisiting the Agrarian-Distributists and their fabrication of an American past.
by
Olivia Paschal
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HNN
on
September 3, 2024
The Foreign Policy Mistake the U.S. Keeps Repeating in the Middle East
In 2024, the U.S. faces some of the same challenges in the region that it did in 1954.
by
Jordan Michael Smith
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The New Republic
on
August 2, 2024
Fog From Harlem: Recovering a New Negro Renaissance in the American Midwest
How the focus on Harlem obfuscated Black culture in the Midwest.
by
Sam Thozer
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Journal of the History of Ideas Blog
on
June 19, 2024
Testing the Waters in Gotham
The three forms of water distribution form a fluid archive of community formation, civic pride, and the many ways New Yorkers can choose the water they drink.
by
Liviu Chelcea
via
Public Seminar
on
March 20, 2024
The Dying Pelican
Romanticism, local color, and nostalgic New Orleans.
by
Eleanor Stern
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64 Parishes
on
February 29, 2024
A Cartography of Loss in the Borderlands
Mexicali’s "Colorado River Family Album" documents what is no more.
by
Caroline Tracey
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High Country News
on
February 21, 2024
Hard Times
The radical art of the Depression years.
by
Rachel Himes
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The Nation
on
November 27, 2023
A Shotgun Wedding
Barely-disguised hostilities sometimes belied the rebels’ declared identity as the United States of America.
by
Lynn Uzzell
via
Law & Liberty
on
November 9, 2023
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When Did Americans Start Using Fossil Fuel?
The nineteenth-century establishment of mid-Atlantic coal mines and canals gave America its first taste of abundant fossil fuel energy.
by
Livia Gershon
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Christopher F. Jones
via
JSTOR Daily
on
October 11, 2023
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Lost Prophets and Forgotten Heroes
Tracing the currents of American history that run through the Great Lakes region.
by
Ed Ayers
on
September 6, 2023
What the Best Places in America Have in Common
The Index of Deep Disadvantage reflects a more holistic view of how we can define "poverty."
by
H. Luke Shaefer
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Timothy J. Nelson
,
Kathryn J. Edin
via
The Atlantic
on
August 5, 2023
1619 Rightly Understood
David Hackett Fischer's book "African Founders" should be the starting point for any reflection on the enduring African influence on American national ideals.
by
Wilfred M. McClay
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First Things
on
May 13, 2023
How Racist Car Dealers KO’d Joe Louis
A never-before-published tranche of letters reveals the white-collar racism that prevented the world’s most popular athlete from selling Fords.
by
Silke-Maria Weineck
via
The Nation
on
May 8, 2023
Kennan’s Warning on Ukraine
Ambition, insecurity, and the perils of independence.
by
Frank Costigliola
via
Foreign Affairs
on
January 28, 2023
NFL Television Broadcasting and the Federal Courts
The NFL's control over entertainment.
by
Jake Kobrick
via
Federal Judicial Center
on
January 24, 2023
How the (First) West Was Won: Federalist Treaties that Reshaped the Frontier
Treaties with Britain, the Confederated tribes, and Spain revealed that America was still dependent on the greater geopolitics of the Atlantic World.
by
Brady J. Crytzer
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Journal of the American Revolution
on
December 29, 2022
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