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Last call: Detroit liquor store

Going Dry

The Coming of Prohibition

By Michael A. Lerner

humanities, September/October, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 5
Battle of Ft. Erie

A Forgotten Hero in a Forgotten War

Thomas Pearson repelled American forces, driving Canada toward nationhood.

By Donald E. Graves

humanities, September/October, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 5
"Effects of Fugitive-Slave Law"

When the Slave-Catcher Came to Town

Oberlin, Ohio, was an abolitionist stronghold, but not impermeable.

By Daniel J. Sharfstein

humanities, September/October, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 5
Sixth-grade Civil War reenactors

The Civil War to a Seventh Grader

Middle schoolers comb through diaries, trek over battlefields, and relive history with cameras in hand.

By Amy Lifson

humanities, September/October, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 5
Statue full figure

Property of Tennessee Williams

What a souvenir statue tells us about his writing.

By Christopher McDonough

humanities, September/October, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 5
The Conversation Piece

Henry James and the American Idea

The Atlantic Monthly helped establish the expatriate author as a literary great.

By Susan Goodman

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Young dancer

Everything Is Divine in Bali

A new exhibit of art, ritual, and performance from a tropical paradise.

By Steven Winn

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Open book

The Well-Wrought Textbook

The making of the midcentury English department classic, Understanding Poetry.

By Garrick Davis

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Robert E. Lee astride Traveller

How Did Robert E. Lee Become an American Icon?

The man was remembered, but not his cause.

By James C. Cobb

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4
Shah receiving Persian ambassador

Sultans of Swag

A look at "Gifts of the Sultan" at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

By Doug Harvey

humanities, July/August, 2011, Volume 32, Issue 4