January/February 1999

About this issue

A Nation of Individuals

A Conversation with . . .
A Conversation with… Scholar John A. Garraty talks about the creation of the new American National Biography.

Deciphering the Past

Amarna: A Brief Flowering along the Nile
The city built by a heretic is the subject of an upcoming exhibition. By Tom Stabile

An Egyptian Sampler
A listing of NEH-funded projects that enhance our understanding of Egyptian civilization.

Making History Personal

When Memories Collide
Technology takes us on a virtual tour of an immigrant home of the 1920s. By Lisa Rogers

Art and Nationalism

One Hundred Years of Irish Theater
How Yeats and his circle gave playwriting a new voice. By Stephen Watt

The Irishness of Irish Painting
A sense of nationhood spawned new painting styles. By James Christen Steward

Reconsidering Rivera
The Mexican muralist sought to create art "capable of persuading and educating the masses." By Robin Herbst

Around the Nation

An American Legend
A biography of Daniel Boone is published 140 years after it was written. By Lisa Rogers