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  • Maurice Barrès and the Youth of France
    Randolph S. BourneSeptember 1914 Issue
  • The Peripatetic Reviewer
    Edward WeeksMay 1943 Issue
  • The People of East Berlin
    Otto FreiDecember 1963 Issue
  • The Birth of Bangla Desh
    Francis G. HutchinsFebruary 1972 Issue
  • Williamsburg: Revising Colonial America

    Harsh historical truths transform a historical landmark

    Fergus M. BordewichDecember 1988 Issue
  • The Wickedness That Was Rome
    Bernard KnoxApril 1990 Issue
  • How Reconstruction Created American Public Education

    Freedpeople and their advocates persuaded the nation to embrace schooling for all.

    Adam HarrisDecember 2023 Issue
    detail of photo of stack of books, American flag, medal and plate from Howard University on orange background
  • Influentials: Reader Response

    Your nominations and comments

    January 2007 Issue
  • The Opposition to Lincoln in 1864
    Gideon WellesMarch 1878 Issue
  • Washington Reminiscences
    Ainsworth R. SpoffordMay 1898 Issue
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