How Thomas Jefferson’s hatred of money men spawned an unruly regulatory and banking system […]
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Lessons From Harder Times
The World in Depression, 1929-1939 by Charles Kindleberger, University of California, 1973 Reminding us […]
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Rendezvous: P.T. Barnum Meets Queen Victoria
General Tom Thumb was the shameless showman’s ticket to Buckingham Palace, respectability and a […]
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Pennsylvania’s Utopian Candyman
Chocolate tycoon Milton Hershey took tomorrow and turned it into a dream for the […]
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Interview: Mary Frances Berry / the Civil Rights Dream
The veteran activist sounds off about the impact and everyday heroes of the United States Commission on Civil Rights.
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American History Today: April 2009
Williamsburg Copes With Hard Times As the world’s largest living-history museum, Colonial Williamsburg sets […]
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American History Review: Music
Let Freedom Sing: The Music of the Civil Rights Movement TimeLife, 3 CDs, $44.98 […]
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American History Review: A Trip to America’s Attic
There are two ways to deal with the recently reopened Smithsonian National Museum of […]
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American History Book Review: A. Lincoln
A. Lincoln: A Biography Ronald White Jr., Random House, 798 pp., $35 To celebrate […]
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American History Book Review: Café Society
Café Society: The Wrong Place for the Right People Barney Josephson with Terry Trilling-Josephson, […]