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Nov 7 2009

Playing the game of alternative history—do what-ifs and if-onlys have a [...] »

Nov 2 2009

A struggle over naming a struggle—when and where did the Boston Massacre [...] »

Oct 27 2009

In Flanders fields the poppies blow. . . Why did trench warfare characterize [...] »

Oct 26 2009

Spain pursuing its own goals against Great Britain.

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Oct 25 2009

Ads that were revolutionary ... or not. What products could be sold during [...] »

Oct 23 2009

On the trail of French Calvinists—apocryphal stories and actual immigrant [...] »

Oct 21 2009

Olive branches from the North? Did the United States ever negotiate possible [...] »

Oct 21 2009

Standardization is a fairly new concept in education.

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Sep 25 2009

Headlines and deadlines. Where was the line between muckraking and [...] »

Sep 21 2009

History lessons on the founding documents invariably include the Declaration [...] »