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A Declension Narrative of Paperwork
Of all the contributions that historians can make to contemporary public discourse, I think that reflective skepticism about declension narratives is one of the most important. Historians define “declension narratives” as any story of change over time that trace a secular … Continue reading
Twitter as an Academic Tool
This week’s assignment for the Domain of One’s Own Faculty Initiative is to explore online scholarly communities. I spent some time racking my brain trying to think up Early Americanist communities online, until I realized that I have been an … Continue reading
Midcentury Love
I have often argued that the square, blocky buildings of the 1940s-1970s that dominate American cityscapes don’t deserve all the hate that they get. A lot of them have very nice proportions, and I find their minimal adornment preferable to … Continue reading
What the Digital Humanities Can Do
If you’re like me, you’ve been hearing about Digital Humanities for a long time, without totally understanding what the term means. Or, more precisely, without totally understanding what of real value the “digital” can add to the “humanities.” The Digital … Continue reading
Places I Have Lived, in 1941
Yesterday Kevin sent me a great site put together by Yale that has made available 170,000 photos taken by the Farm Security Administration between 1935 and 1943 to document the last years of the Depression and the early years of World … Continue reading
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