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Colonial Civility and Rage on the American Frontier - JSTOR Daily
A 1763 massacre by colonial settlers exposed the the irreconcilable contradictions of conquest by people concerned with civility.
The Year The Grammys Honored Disco - JSTOR Daily
In 1980, The Grammys gave disco its own category, but the genre was already receding into invisibility.
Even in Kazakhstan, Bitcoin Can’t Escape Geopolitics - JSTOR Daily
People in Kazakhstan have been protesting energy prices, and met with violence by the government. What does Bitcoin have to do with it?
Bangalore’s Green Belt Fifty Years On - JSTOR Daily
Or, why the best laid plans of urban design sometimes go awry.
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A Brief History of Snowmobiling - JSTOR Daily
Snowmobiles were invented around the same time as wheeled transportation was becoming a robust industry.
How Does the Warming Arctic Impact Plants? - JSTOR Daily
For flowering plants in the Arctic, cold temperatures don’t mean death. But warmer temperatures might.
Were Early American Prisons Similar to Today’s? - JSTOR Daily
A correctional officer’s history of 19th century prisons and modern-day parallels. From Sing Sing to suicide watch, torture treads a fine line.
Plant of the Month: Cassava - JSTOR Daily
Cassava can grow in hot climates with little rainfall. It may be the “root crop of the century.”
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Mesmerizing Labor - JSTOR Daily
The man who introduced mesmerism to the US was a slave-owner from Guadeloupe, where planters were experimenting with “magnetizing” their enslaved people.
Uselessness, Fake Soup, and That One Song - JSTOR Daily
Well-researched stories from Psyche, Atlas Obscura, and other great publications that bridge the gap between news and scholarship.