Articles with keyword "Nineteenth century"
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The Other Jefferson Davis
The U.S. Capitol, as we know it today, would never have existed without Jefferson Davis.
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Nietzsche Is Dead
The battle for Nietzsche's legacy began when Count Hary Kessler met Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche.
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Lafcadio Hearn in New Orleans
The misfit journalist felt at home in the marginalized world he wrote about.
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Impertinent Questions with Carla L. Peterson
On Manhattan's nineteenth-century African-American community
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Teensy-Weensy, Itty-Bitty Shoes
Women's shoes in the early nineteenth century were ideal for doing nothing.
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"Terrific in Denunciation"
Abraham Lincoln's legal papers reveal a surprising cache of sundry clients and dramatic litigation.










