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Cities as olfactory factories and what, historically, humans have thought [...] »

Domestic automotive manufacturing took a back seat to military transport [...] »

The Confederate battle plan at Chancellorsville was extraordinarily daring [...] »

Neighbor against neighbor, brother against brother, father against son.

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How would a 1790 Pennsylvania farmhouse have been furnished?

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President Polk, the fortunes of war, territory, and the ever-present [...] »

What do Sears Roebuck, farming, advertising, furs, and rural America have in [...] »

Economic policy during the Reagan Administration

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What happened to Civil War deserters after they deserted?

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Looking for the Red in the Red, White, and Blue?

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