Ancient Rome’s Complicated Border
What did Hadrian’s Wall actually do? Its history challenges the idea that walls simply separate one side from another.
The Women Who Sold Books Door to Door
Three nineteenth-century memoirs reveal the risks and rewards of life on the road as a traveling bookseller.
Minimalist Fiction in Six Short Stories
The art of saying more with less, by Raymond Carver, Amy Hempel, Frederick Barthelme, Jayne Anne Phillips, Mary Robison, and Ann Beattie.
How the Railways Killed a Medieval Law
Deodands put a price on objects that caused death, sometimes providing compensation to bereaved families.
How Cambodian Pop Music Survived the Khmer Rouge
After genocide decimated the country’s musicians, old recordings helped a new generation reconnect with Cambodia’s musical past.
The Women Written Out of Mining History
Women have mined for centuries, but laws barring them from the industry helped cement the idea that mining was men’s work.
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What’s Queer About The Legend of Zelda?
Link may look like a classic video game hero, but his adventures complicate the heteronormative conventions of the genre.
What Came Before the American Suburb?
Hofstra University’s historic photographs capture Hempstead’s shops and streets before postwar development transformed Long Island.
How the Elite Learned to Seem Less Elite
British elites once signaled status through high culture. Over time, pop culture and everyday leisure became part of the picture.