Articles with keyword "Nineteenth century"
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Not Exactly a Hermit
By Danny Heitman
Henry David Thoreau went in for society, but on his own terms.
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The Other Jefferson Davis
By Guy Gugliotta
The U.S. Capitol, as we know it today, would never have existed without Jefferson Davis.
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Nietzsche Is Dead
By Meredith Hindley
The battle for Nietzsche's legacy began when Count Hary Kessler met Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche.
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Parlor Politics
By Tom Christopher
The area of Nook Farm was a hotbed for Stowe and her activist circle.
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Lafcadio Hearn in New Orleans
By Danny Heitman
The misfit journalist felt at home in the marginalized world he wrote about.
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Impertinent Questions with Carla L. Peterson
By Meredith Hindley
On Manhattan's nineteenth-century African-American community
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American Originals
By Steve Moyer
Modern-day Ojibwe maintain ties with language, cultural tradition
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Teensy-Weensy, Itty-Bitty Shoes
By Nancy E. Rexford
Women's shoes in the early nineteenth century were ideal for doing nothing.