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A Brief History of the S'more, America’s Favorite Campfire Snack
So gooey, so good.
by
Jeffrey Miller
via
The Conversation
on
June 28, 2019
Shaman's Revenge?
The birth, death and afterlife of our romance with tobacco.
by
Mike Jay
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mikejay.net
on
January 1, 2019
Baby, Christmas Songs Have Always Been Controversial
Long before “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” holiday songs played a part in the War on Christmas.
by
Neil J. Young
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The Atlantic
on
December 24, 2018
How A Corporation Convinced American Jews To Reach For Crisco
A Proctor & Gamble ad-man on the Lower East Side recognized a big marketing opportunity when he saw one.
by
Deena Prichep
via
NPR
on
December 2, 2018
For Decades, Southern States Considered Thanksgiving an Act of Northern Aggression
In the 19th century, pumpkin pie ignited a culture war.
by
Ariel Knoebel
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Atlas Obscura
on
November 22, 2018
A Brief History of Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a holiday about food – but it is more specifically a holiday about food’s absence.
by
Rachel B. Herrmann
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History Extra
on
November 21, 2018
Hand Signals
Deaf history and the birth of umpiring gestures in baseball.
by
Rebecca A. R. Edwards
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Perspectives on History
on
October 24, 2018
Why Do We Pledge Allegiance?
Few democracies require children to make a daily declaration of fealty to country.
by
Jack David Eller
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Boston Review
on
September 6, 2018
Convulsions Within: When Printing the Declaration of Independence Turns Partisan
Even America's founding document isn't immune to the powers of polarization.
by
Emily Sneff
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Age of Revolutions
on
July 4, 2018
Why Do People Sign Yearbooks?
Commemorative class books evolved from practical notebooks into collections of hair clippings, two-line rhymes, and summer wishes.
by
Jennifer Billock
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The Atlantic
on
June 3, 2018
William Ferris: The Man Who Shared Our Voices
An interview with the legendary folklorist, who fundamentally changed America’s understanding of the South.
by
Chuck Reece
via
The Bitter Southerner
on
May 30, 2018
The Premiere of 'Four Women Artists'
In this 1977 documentary, the spirit of Southern culture is captured through four Mississippi artists who tell their stories.
by
Nicole Rudick
via
The Paris Review
on
May 29, 2018
The Mother of Mother's Day
The American commercialized version of Mother's Day isn't what the founder intended.
by
Allyson Shwed
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The Nib
on
May 11, 2018
Remembering the ‘Spooky Wisdom’ of Our Agrarian Past
For millennia, humans have followed specific patterns passed down by their forbears without always knowing why.
by
Gracy Olmstead
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The American Conservative
on
April 23, 2018
Enslaved People and Divorce in the African Diaspora
Restoring agency to enslaved people means acknowledging not only that they created marriages, but that they ended them, too.
by
Tyler D. Parry
via
Black Perspectives
on
March 31, 2018
Swinging in the Sun: The History and Business of Spring Baseball
How spring training has become as much about money and business as about playing the game.
by
Zoë Jackson
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Perspectives on History
on
March 26, 2018
In the Dark All Katz Are Grey: Notes on Jewish Nostalgia
Searching for where I belong, I find myself cobbling together a mongrel Judaism—half-remembered and contradictory and all mine.
by
Samuel Ashworth
via
Hazlitt
on
February 23, 2018
A Plea to Resurrect the Christmas Tradition of Telling Ghost Stories
Though the practice is now more associated with Halloween, spooking out your family is well within the Christmas spirit.
by
Colin Dickey
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Smithsonian
on
December 15, 2017
The Dark and Divisive History of America’s Thanksgiving Hymn
How a beloved song with origins in 16th-century Europe captures both a holiday's spirit of unity and a country's legacy of exclusion.
by
Neil J. Young
via
The Atlantic
on
November 23, 2017
When Halloween Mischief Turned to Mayhem
Nineteenth-century urbanization unleashed the nation's anarchic spirits.
by
Lesley Bannatyne
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Zócalo Public Square
on
October 26, 2017
The Invention of Monogamy
For most of its history, monogamy was a rule only applied to married women.
by
Sarah Mirk
,
Isabella Rotman
via
The Nib
on
October 20, 2017
How the National Anthem Got Tangled Up With American Sports
Like most relationships, it’s complicated.
by
Tevi Troy
via
Politico Magazine
on
September 26, 2017
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Excremental Empire
John Gregory Bourke’s "Scatalogic Rites of All Nations" and the American West.
by
Benjamin Breen
on
September 8, 2017
DAPL and the American Indian as 'Protector'
Native Americans' fights for environmental protection should not be seen as battles against progress.
by
Paul C. Rosier
via
Hindsights
on
September 7, 2017
Out From Behind This Mask
A Barthesian bristle and the curious power of Walt Whitman’s posthumous eyelids.
by
D. Graham Burnett
via
The Public Domain Review
on
July 27, 2017
A Few Examples of Dads’ Traditions
Stephanie Hall provides examples of folklore and storytelling within a fathers' relationship to music.
by
Stephanie Hall
via
Library of Congress
on
June 16, 2017
The History Test
How should the courts use history?
by
Jill Lepore
via
The New Yorker
on
March 27, 2017
How America’s Obsession With Hula Girls Almost Wrecked Hawai’i
Popularized images of female hula dancers have deviated far from their origins and perpetuated stereotypes.
by
Lisa Hix
via
Collectors Weekly
on
March 22, 2017
Sundays in the Streets
The long history of benevolence, self-help, and parades in New Orleans.
by
Leslie Parr
via
Southern Cultures
on
December 16, 2016
A Wonderful Life
How postwar Christmas embraced spaceships, nukes, and cellophane.
by
Sarah Archer
,
Lisa Hix
via
Collectors Weekly
on
December 15, 2016
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