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Contents
How Jill Lepore went from Harvard office temp to Harvard professor.
What Samuel Johnson Really Did
He made dictionaries matter.
By Michael Adams
Supremely Contentious
The transformation of “Advice and Consent.”
By Meredith Hindley
The Cold War’s Organization Man
How Philip Mosely helped Soviet Studies moderate U.S. foreign policy.
By David C. Engerman
Taming the Savage City
One hundred years later, Daniel Burnham’s Plan of Chicago still inspires.
By Carl Smith
Peter Cooper’s Big Ideas
Steam engines and Jell-O paled beside the famed inventor’s greatest legacy.
By James Williford
Around the Nation
Woodcuts by Hokusai are on view in Hawai‘i and the Chandler dynasty of Southern California is examined in a new documentary.
By Laura Wolff Scanlan
In Focus
Former minister Gregory W. Kimura bridges urban and rural worldviews with humanities programming in Alaska.
By David Holthouse
Night Physik; Revolt of the Masses; Mission to Moscow
Who Said It?
The Violins of Autumn
Impertinent Questions
with Kathleen Fitzpatrick on scholarly communities in the digital age.
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