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Nov 6 2010

Poking fun and puncturing pomposity—how can you interpret political cartoons [...] »

Nov 5 2010

Learning about the life of a midwife in 18th-century Maine through her diary [...] »

Oct 28 2010

The direct and indirect impacts of various trade routes during the 16th [...] »

Oct 18 2010

Raising "the terrible weapon of self-defense" during riots in 1917 Illinois [...] »

Oct 13 2010

Spain sent several expeditions to find the Lewis and Clark Corps of [...] »

Oct 12 2010

Explore the fine line between Captains of Industry and Robber Barons and how [...] »

Oct 1 2010

How do you go back and find "the first draft of history"?

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Sep 24 2010

Trying to build a New Jerusalem on the coast of Massachusetts.

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Sep 21 2010

Hour by hour account of how Union Generals moved on the battlefield at [...] »

Sep 17 2010

Examination of counterfactual questions and how they are used in historical [...] »