In 18th century Paris, policemen accepted that property could take the form of people.

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Considering a novel as a whole, rather than as the sum of its parts, was an approach favored by mid-20th-century literary critics. It was also useful for fighting book bans.

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In Memoirs of a Nobody, Henry Boernstein chronicles the militant immigrant organizing that helped keep St. Louis out of the hands of the Confederacy.

The past and present of counterfactual history, from antiquity to the Napoleonic Wars to a few very active subreddits.

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On April 9, 1984, the government of Nicaragua filed suit with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Hague alleging that the United States had committed “massive violations … of its ...

Submission Guidelines In December 2023, HNN transitioned to a new editorial model that centers on its weekly email newsletter. Each week, the newsletter serves up short-form essays to help readers ...

Depictions of Antietam couldn’t possible capture the magnitude of the battle’s horror.

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Taking stock of the history wars, and reflecting on the quandary they pose for historians.