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Pasternak and Stalin: What Was Said?
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The French Resistance: Fantasy and Failure
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$35 Million Monet to Headline Auction at Christie’s New Asia HQ
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Denim: The Fabric That Built America
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Denim was G.I. in wartime America. Originally used as heavy industry, utility workwear, these images mostly from the 1940s, show how the fabric became synonymous with American grit and productivity. The look was born in 18th Century Europe. Bleu de Gênes was the rough fabric...
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4 Diseases That Impacted & Altered Human Existence
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Victorian Romantic Rituals and Charms
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Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes we've done to our projects and apps during the month of July. We'll also be reporting in our on position in the world, and on our future plans.
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The Italian Social Republic: What was the Republic of Salò?
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Magna Graecia
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Fireside this week! I find I have my thoughts more or less together for the last part of the Imperator series, but I have not yet gotten them into a satisfying order – a common hazard of writing – so they will have to wait for next week. It’s not yet clear to me if … Continue...
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From Legends to Ballads: What Is Folklore?
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Katsushika Hokusai: Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji
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Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai (1760–1849) features the fabulous painting Under the Wave off Kanagawa, better known as the Great Wave. First published for the New Year of 1831, the ukiyo-e series of large, colour woodblock prints was, due its immense...
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When the Portuguese Met the Chinese: Rediscover the “Age of Discovery”
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Mona Lisa Location Mystery Solved, Geologist Claims
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Three LA Museums Jointly Acquire Collection of Local Art
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plus; the history of Medicine in Africa.
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Who Won the Seven Days Battles?
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The Violent Race Riots of the Red Summer of 1919
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A Day At New York City’s Off-Track Betting in 1982
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In 2010, around 50 Off-Track Betting (OTB) parlors around New York City were shuttered. 1,000 employees lost their jobs. And another part of old New York went the way of the Automat and the Times Square peep show. The New York State Legislature enacted its first off-track betting...
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The Rise of Television & The Power of Images in US Elections
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Louis Althusser on the Link Between Ideology and the State Apparatus
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6 Works by Mexican Muralists You Should Know
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Medieval Do’s and Don’ts of Dating: Complexities of Courtly Love
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Should Death Concern Us?
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How can we deal with the inevitable... before the inevitable deals with us?
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Were There Fast-Food Restaurants in Ancient Pompeii?
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What Are the Conservation Challenges at Mount Rushmore?
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The Year of Failing To Understand.
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When Was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
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The Value of Wills to Historians
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How Has Gandhi Influenced Indian History Since His Death?
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Who Were the United States Indian Scouts?
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5 Quotes by Thomas Hobbes Explained
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The Origins of the Republican Party: A Comprehensive Guide
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Liu Bang: How a Peasant Became Emperor of China
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Daniel Boone: The Life & Legend of an American Pioneer
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Understanding Francis Bacon Through 3 Studies
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Shaka Zulu: The Life of Africa’s Legendary Warrior King
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Faces of Madness: Franz Xaver Messerschmidt’s Heads
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The Fall of a Republic
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How Does Epistemology Address Memory as a Source of Knowledge?
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Have We Lost Ritual in our Lives?
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‘A Priori’ and ‘A Posteriori’ Knowledge: What Are They?
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Which Presidents Are in Your Wallet? The Faces of US Dollar Bills
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Ancien Régime France: 4 Harsh Realities of Life Before the Revolution
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Aristotle vs. Walter Benjamin on the Philosophy of Translation
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The Scandalous Success of the Daily Mail
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Who Exactly Were the Hospitallers?
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Plotinus’ Theory of Emanations: How Do Things Come into Being?
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How the Celtic Britons Used the River Thames
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Stolen Masterpieces: 5 Famous Artworks That Are Still Missing
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Should We Follow Silly Laws?
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Forgotten Gods
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10 Historical Facts About London You Might Not Know
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This Won’t Change: The Joy Of Northern Soul
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Archaeologists Find Ptolemaic Temple Pylon in Egypt
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What Role Did the Sea Peoples Play in the Bronze Age Collapse?
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Who Was Clement of Rome?
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What Is Love? Erich Fromm’s Take
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Who Were the First Christian Martyrs of Britain?
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Who Was Aleister Crowley?
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The Birth of Ovid
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What Is Hagia Sophia & Who Built It?
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‘Church Going’ by Andrew Ziminski review
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The Famous Mummies of the Inca and the Chinchorro
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A History of the White House: The US President’s Home
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Why Do the British Love Tea so Much?
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The Baroque in Latin America: From Colonial Times to the Present
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10 Incredible Facts about Marcel Duchamp
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Did Jesus Live in India?
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Who Was George Hodel?
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Socrates and the Soul
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The Hatfield-McCoy Rivalry of Appalachia: What Started the Feud?
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US President or American Caesar?
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Immoral Art: Hume’s “Rough Heroes” Problem
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‘Leasure And Pleasure’: Window Shopping In 1980s Hull
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How Tall Is Mount Rushmore?
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Liberation Through Art: Flyers From New York’s Deitch Projects (1996 – 2010)
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Which Archeological Finds Support the Bible?
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Siege of the Sogdian Rock, 327 BCE: Alexander’s Winged Men
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Robert Mallet-Stevens Creates the Ideal City in 32 Visions, 1922
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Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick: Meet the “Real” Kingmaker
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How Did Socrates Influence His Contemporaries?
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4 Egyptian Myths That Inspired Cinema
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The History of Tibet: The Truth Uncovered
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6 Themes That Define Nan Goldin’s Photography
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French New Wave: Here’s What You Need to Know
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History of Gunpowder: An In-Depth Overview
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Dreams of Space -...
Young Technician December, 1957
This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young...
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This is an issue of a young adult magazine published just 3 months after the first Sputnik. Young Technician was a scientific news and technology magazine. I realize that most of you have no Russian but the illustrations are a nice picture of the beginning of a new space...
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The textile trade of pre-colonial Africa
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In December 1633, a Dutch ship reached the fort of Nassau on the ‘Gold Coast’ (modern Ghana), carrying more than 6,000 pieces of cloth which was to be exchanged for gold.
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Greece's Forgotten Legacy
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Ancient Mixed Martial Arts?
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Empire building and Government in the Yorubaland: a history of Oyo (1600-1836)
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15 Facts About Genghis Khan & His Legacy
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American Noir: Mugshots And Crimes From A Small Pennsylvanian Town (1930s – 1950s)
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Small Town Noir is a study of life and crime in New Castle, western Pennsylvania. The site compiles the mugshots of criminals who lived in the town in the 1930, 40s and 50s, with notes on their offences. The mugshots were pulled from the rubbish when the town’s police department...
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What Was the Underground Railroad?
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Who Were the Utopian Socialists?
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Is There a Connection Between Cinema and Edward Hopper?
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6 Astounding Achievements by Maya Lin
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Who Was the First President to Live in the White House?
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