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The Obsessively Detailed Map of American Literature's Most Epic Road Trips
I almost find the author's choice in books as interesting as the mapping endeavour.
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The evolution of the American home [infographic]
Significant as well as subtle differences mark homes built in 1994 and 2014.
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Visit every place on this vintage US map for the most epic road trip ever
You won't succeed. But you'll have a lot of fun trying.
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American exceptionalism and the ‘exceptionally American’ problem of mass shootings
On Sunday, criminal justice professor Adam Lankford stood in front of a crowd of sociologists to explain how American culture contributes to the all-too-frequent American mass shootings.
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A Social History of Jell-O Salad: The Rise and Fall of an American Icon
Shaped by the rise of home economics, the industrialization of the food system, World War II, and changing expectations about women's labor, few foods can tell us more about US life in the 20th century than the wobbling jewel of domestic achievement: the Jell-O salad. By Sarah Grey.
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1775 Breaking News: The First Published Map of the Revolutionary War
We see wars unfold on live video alongside satellite maps, but our eighteenth-century counterparts had to wait. Maps had to be drawn, engraved, and printed before they were sold to those who could afford them.
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Everything Is for Sale
Life along the longest yard sale in the world. By Helen Rosner.
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The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South
A naturalist cuts through the myths surrounding the invasive plant. By Bill Finch.
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A Brutal American Epic
This summer I read Charles Reznikoff’s long poem “Testimony: The United States (1885-1915): Recitative” for the first time. I know of nothing like it in literature. By Charles Simic.
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4th September 1886 - Geronimo surrenders
Apache chief Geronimo surrenders to U.S. government troops. For 30 years, the mighty Native American warrior had battled to protect his tribe’s homeland; however, by 1886 the Apaches were exhausted and hopelessly outnumbered. General Nelson Miles accepted Geronimo’s surrender, making him the last Indian warrior to formally give in to U.S. forces and signaling the end of the Indian Wars in the Southwest.
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The Rise and Fall of an All-American Catchphrase: ‘Free, White, and 21’
She was a young society woman. He was an enigmatic stranger. They’d just met at a speakeasy and as dusk set in were parked lakeside in his roadster to get better acquainted...
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Good and Bad Inventions from 1865 [Slide Show]
Optimistic Ideas from the Scientific American Archive
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15th September 1954 - Famous Marilyn Monroe “skirt” scene filmed
The famous picture of her, laughing as her skirt is blown up by the blast from a subway vent, is shot on this day in 1954 during the filming of The Seven Year Itch. The scene infuriated her husband, Joe DiMaggio, who felt it was exhibitionist, and the couple divorced shortly afterward.
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California now allows firms to tell consumers a 'made in USA' lie
California long required that any manufacturer wanting to say that a product is made in America must, in fact, have a product that's made in America.
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America’s 10 Oldest Food and Drink Companies
Companies come and go, but there are some out there that have truly stood the test of time. In fact, some food and drink brands in your supermarket have been around since Colonial times! Read on to learn which 10 American food and drink companies have stuck around the longest.
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No, Native Americans aren't genetically more susceptible to alcoholism
When Jessica Elm, a citizen of the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, was studying for her master’s degree in social work, she frequently heard about how genes were responsible for the high risk of alcoholism among American Indians. But her own family’s experience — and the research, she discovered — tells a very different story. The "firewater" fairytale that Elm came to know all too well goes like this: Europeans introduced...
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How the Immigration Act of 1965 Inadvertently Changed America
The 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, whose 50th anniversary comes on October 3, officially committed the United States, for the first time, to accepting immigrants of all nationalities on a roughly equal basis. The law eliminated the use of national-origin quotas, under which the overwhelming majority of immigrant visas were set aside for people coming from northern and western Europe.
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Truck drivers wanted. Pay: $73,000
The U.S. is running low on truckers and trucking advocates argue that the shortage could damage the U.S. economy.
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Citizen Kane’s follow-up: The greatest sequel never made?
In honour of Orson Welles’ death 30 years ago, his friend film-maker Henry Jaglom tells the colourful story of their attempt to make a ‘bookend’ to the greatest American film.
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The Rearrangement of Americans' Living Arrangements
American society is always changing, but it happens so gradually it is hard to notice. Take a look at how household living arrangements have shifted over the last 40 years
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