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Cover of A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty by Kirsten McKenzie.

What's in a Name?

Review of A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty , by Kirsten McKenzie (Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2010)
… suffering a "bad case of footnote paranoia" (291).  While completing a last minute source review before sending her … after his 1832 release, moved to New South Wales and resumed his swindling.  In addition to assuming the more … brimming with fascinating detail and wit.  What is perhaps most impressive is that, in telling the story of the true …
1864 depiction of the Fort Pillow Massacre in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

Ten Moments of White Supremacist Violence in U.S. History

… In the wake of Donald Trump’s failure to immediately condemn the Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazis following … Battle of Fort Pillow in Tennessee, Confederates under the command of General Nathan Bedford Forrest fulfilled this … 1,700 Klansmen marched through Tulsa and won election to most local offices. 7. Ku Klux Klan “KonKlave,” August 9, …
On August 8, 1918, 17,000 German soldiers surrendered to the Allies.

November 11, 1918: The End of World War I?

… the story goes. In January 1918, after forty-one months of combat, Allied troops were ready for a ceasefire, but they … later, called for a cessation of hostilities, Germany’s immediate withdrawal from invaded countries, the surrender of … capital cities, in town squares, at cemeteries and memorial sites throughout the world—for many an annual ritual—to …

Punishing the Past: Presidential Elections in Times of Crisis (1932, 1968, 2008)

… for the political party whose policies promise the best outcome. But if we had any way to make such calculations—if we … demanded less of the political system. They have aimed to preserve the principles that, they believe, have … a more minimal notion of what politicians and parties can accomplish, and what they ought to be accountable for. The …