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Just published—The Readex Report: November 2014

Folly, Falsehood, and Disfellowship: Religious Discord and Disunity in 19th-…

The First Woman Elected to Congress: Jeannette Rankin’s Historic Victory

A “Dirty and Diabolical Business”—Dividing Lines Over Slavery and Slave-…

Civil War Turning Points: Highlights from the American Civil War Collection,…

Islam in the Soviet Union: Translated Reports from the Joint Publications…

Calculating the Second Coming in 19th-Century America: Selected Items from…

An African Queen, Inside Monticello, a Reconstructionist Reversal, and…

Just published—The Readex Report: Mohandas Gandhi, "The Coquette,"…

From Harpers Ferry to Gettysburg: Perspectives of Confederate and Union…

Controversial Literature in The American Slavery Collection, 1820-1922: From…

“Nerdy Goodness”— How an Annual Bookstore Trip Is Inspiring Young Black…

Newspaper illustration or woodcut of two men viewing a UFO or airship from a gazebo.

UFO Fever in America’s Historical Newspapers: The Mysterious Airships of 1896-…

Testing Convictions: The Power of Readex in the Classroom

Anti-Slavery Activists, New York Politics, and Formation of the Republican…

The Paradox of Self Government, Individual Rights, and Slavery: The Lecompton…

Neutrality or Piracy? International Law, Great Britain, and the American Civil…

Faith. Will. Power: Astrology, Hypnotism and Animal Magnetism in the 19th…

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"Finding the Real Cuba: Citizen-Entrepreneurs and the Communist-Capitalist…

Space Race Research by the Soviet Union: English-Language Translations from…

The Utterly Sad Anniversary of the “War to End All Wars”: A Look Back Through…

The Back-to-Africa Movement, American Colonization Society, and the Know…

Every Leaf a Panacea? Health and Wellness in 19th-Century American Pamphlets

Civil War Intrigue and Reflections: Recent Items from The American Civil War…