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The Franklin Stove: An Unintended American Revolution
By Joyce E. Chaplin
This excellent history covers far more than the Founder’s forays into home heating.
The Politics of Fear
By Arthur Goldwag
From Pizzagate to QAnon, conspiracy theories are nothing new.
Fear No Pharaoh: American Jews, the Civil War, and the Fight to End Slavery
By Richard Kreitner
Jews’ divided response to slavery mirrored America’s.
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
By Russell Shorto
Recalling the century that birthed the Big Apple.
Seven Social Movements That Changed America
By Linda Gordon
Though imperfect, collective action has long been the way forward.
American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice
By Daniel Stone
A timely tale about corporate whitewashing that contaminated a nation.
A reflection on the ways historians frame the peculiar institution.
You Can’t Kill a Man Because of the Books He Reads: Angelo Herndon’s Fight for Free Speech
By Brad Snyder
Why a 1930s Black activist could’ve gotten the chair.
