U.S. history enjoys a renaissance
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In a high-tech age of instant communication, old-fashioned history is enjoying a renaissance in U.S. popular culture.
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Nostalgia was a lot in evidence during the men's collections in Milan. But as nostalgia trips go, this one had roots that dug maybe even as far as the Renaissance.
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Douglas L. Wilson looks at the role that writing played in the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, who used his eloquence to transform how Americans thought about their country.
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Return with me to yesteryear when the St. Johns River was used as a transportation corridor.  That could be the future as well as the past.
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TechWeb - The Web sites feature games, information, and quizzes on presidents, states, and interesting facts about U.S. history.
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Asia Societyâs glinting and glowing show of pre-Islamic art offers windows onto history, past and present.
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Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.'s more than 20 books shaped discussions for two generations about Americaâs past.
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You donât need to know about the long, glorious history of tapestry to be impressed by the works in the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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History can help us keep faith in the public square in perspective.
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Jay Winik vividly portrays the tumultuous times in which America embarked on the great experiment, testing whether a continent-size country could successfully establish representative government. (Montesquieu, for one, had thought republics only suitable to city-states.)
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In the World Series, the best theater usually involves a revival of hallowed or haunting history, a geographic rivalry, a conflict of personalities or the possibility, as the Red Sox know so well, of ending decades of suffering.
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The Census Bureauâs 2007 Statistical Abstract of the United States shows an eclectic portrait of the American people.
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Some of the hottest offerings in the U.S. are from other places.
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SEATTLE -- Nearly a decade ago, historian Patricia Nelson Limerick set the modern American West to verse:
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Talk about the Middle East is upbeat these days in Washington, Europe, and Jerusalem, as presidents, prime ministers, and diplomats
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We love the romantic pretense of a homogenous, melting-pot America. It makes us feel good, gives us a sense of nobility and brings closure to our well-documented history of discriminating against one another.
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America used to be the tallest country in the world.