World War I Vets as the Vanguard of the ‘New Negro’
World War I saw several hundred thousand African-American soldiers discharged from a virulently segregated U.S. military into a virulently segregated society
“Uber for Sales” and Door-to-Door Vacuum Salesmen
The independent contractor model employed by Uber was used in the vacuum cleaner companies.
The Forgotten Pyramids of Sudan
Sudanese pyramids are far less well known by either archaeologists or the public than their Egyptian counterparts.
Class, Feminism and the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers
A paper for Pennsylvania History looked at the way elite & working-class feminists worked together to create the Bryn Mawr Summer School for Women Workers.
Richard, Prince of Instagram Appropriation
While recent media debates why and how his Instagram art sucks, Richard Prince’s appropriation has long been a controversial, hot topic.
History Repeats Itself in a Santa Barbara Oil Spill
Two pieces look at a 1969 oil spill in California
Debtors’ Prisons, Class, and Patriotism in 18th Century Ireland
In a paper for Eighteenth-Century Ireland, Martyn J. Powell discusses the politics that seem to have limited the use of debtors' prisons in Ireland.