Hesiod's poem reminds us that in the end, we must all make sense of our works and days, with the help of—or in spite of—the stories in our heads.

In fascist Italy, childbirth, breastfeeding and motherhood were given a hybrid structure of industrial management and eugenicist biological essentialism.

At the turn of the twentieth century, Yiddish became the language of political organizing for Russian Jews, thanks to the flow of literature from New York.

Digitization allows researchers to trace editorial and authorial changes in archival content. Both are central to the study of this famous abolitionist pamphlet.

Dueling was a dangerous, ritualized response to a real (or perceived) slight. It may also have been a means of proving one's social and economic capital.

A 2021 shortage of hyacinth bulbs brings to mind the long and storied history of its botanical and economic import.

Pullman resisted hiring women and did his best to keep attention away from the company’s female employees.

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As women became the focus of advertising, newspapers began to broaden their offerings targeted to those areas of interest traditionally associated with them.

One focus of the 1960s struggle for civil rights in the North were the construction industries of Philadelphia, New York and Cleveland.