There’s a new 18th century-style coffee house at Penn
The university open a full-scale recreation of a colonial coffee house, a centerpiece of Penn’s first major exhibit of the ...
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Late-1800s photos capture unique look at American mining
A group of prominent businessmen with stakes in the Anaconda Mining Company hired Watkins to develop photographic evidence of ...
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MU professor looks into how America's love for Valentine's Day grew
John Evelev from MU's English Department shares how his literary research gave him a new appreciation for the holiday.
The Foods We Think Are Romantic Have Flipped Over the Last 50 Years
One food site, for example, serves up a “French Kiss” vegan Valentine’s Day menu of vegetable soup with pesto, a vegetarian pâté sandwich, eggplant Florentine, and potatoes with lentils. This is ...
‘The Revolutionary Self’ Review: The Age of the Individual
During the late 18th century, a flurry of social, political and economic changes offered many a new vision of personal ...
Inside the origins of modern Valentine's Day celebrations
Valentine's cards and gifts have their roots in English traditions — but Americans have long embraced them for romantic ...
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The History of Slavery in the United States From Beginning to End
With the first 20 Africans brought to Virginia in 1619, the United States initiated a labor system characterized by extreme ...