The Spoiled Child Is Not a Modern Invention
You know what’s wrong with kids these days? They want to “take things easy.” Or so said a school superintendent in 1905.
Suggested Readings: Rich Kids, Mean Drunks, and Terrorists
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Desegregating Mizzou
It took twelve years and the Supreme Court before the University of Missouri agreed to accept black students.
What Two Tea Parties From the Past Can Tell Us About 19th-Century Domesticity
How domesticity varies by class.
Considering the Sweet Potato
The sweet potato is a New World food that spread around the world, including across the Pacific before the Europeans got there.