19th century

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• 6/14/2020
  

  Hungarian-American Relations in 1849 and Today: Why We Need Another Lajos Kossuth

  by Tim Roberts

  A Hungarian nationalist visited the United States in 1849 to plead the case for an independent, democratic state, inspiring the cause of abolition in America. Today Hungarian-American relations are running in the direction of authoritarianism. 

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• 5/10/2020
  

  Spiritualism and Suspension Bridges: John Roebling and a Biographer's Sympathy for the Weird 19th Century

  by Richard Haw

  A biographer of Brooklyn Bridge designer John Roebling expected to write about a genius. He also ended up writing about a complete weirdo, and how one man could be both.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/19/2020
  

  Covid-19 is Forcing Us to Dwell in Uncertainty. History Can Help.

  by Sari Altschuler

  Writings on long-ago cholera outbreaks contain lessons in navigating unknowns.

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• 4/12/2020
  

  The Other Booths

  by David O. Stewart

  The notoriety of the Lincoln assassination has obscured the other Booths in history, but some were as well known as John Wilkes--or even better, at least until he pulled the trigger in the president’s box at Ford’s Theater, 155 years ago this week. 

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• SOURCE: Nursing Clio
  3/26/2020
  

  The Lone Woman of Kokura

  by Nyri A. Bakkalian

  Who was the Lone Woman in the Kokura Castle town ruins that day in 1866? We don’t know her name, though we know where she died in Kokura.

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• SOURCE: The New York Times
  1/22/20
  

  The Myth of Middle-Class Liberalism

  by David Motadel

  The bourgeois are supposed to ensure open, democratic societies. In fact, they rarely have.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine Online
  11/26/19
  

  A Brief History of the Crock-Pot

  Eighty years after it was patented, the Crock-Pot remains a comforting presence in American kitchens.

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• SOURCE: Telegraph
  1/15/19
  

  Women used to grow whiskers for bizarre 19th century trend, historian discovers

  Whiskers were so popular in the 19th century that even women wanted to grow sideburns.