“Who Knew?”
On the eve of his reunion, Thomas Pepper ’61 offers 50 years of the big picture
Articles tagged American history
Lepore and Longfellow
The historian reexamines the poet.
3.22.11
And the War Came
At its sesquicentennial, a fresh, revealing narrative of the advent of the Civil War
2.23.11
Independent Historian
Daniel Rasmussen’s new book rescues the forgotten facts of the largest slave revolt in U.S. history.
12.16.10
Off the Shelf
Recent books with Harvard connections
12.16.10
American Ratification
The great experiment in constitution-making
12.16.10
Putting the Tea Party in Perspective
Harvard historian Jill Lepore puts the modern day Tea Party movement into historical perspective.
10.29.10
Alice Paul
Brief life of a pioneering suffragist: 1885-1977
10.19.10
Factory Fans
Innovative museums highlight New England’s industrial past.
8.19.10
Francis Cabot Lowell
Brief life of an American entrepreneur: 1775-1817
8.19.10
Sharing Life, and a Lifetime of Causes
Political activists Staughton and Alice (Niles) Lynd have written a memoir about marriage and social commitment.
4.7.10
A Man in Motion
An excerpt from Tocqueville’s Discovery of America, by Leo Damrosch
3.1.10
He Missed Out on Woodstock
Michael Winerip reflects on being in the younger generation of boomers.
8.17.09
Shuttered Behind Bars
In a new book, photographer Bruce Jackson presents old ID photo portraits from an Arkansas prison.
7.1.09
Caroline Farrar Ware
A brief profile of the activist and scholar
5.1.09
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