American History
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Just as important as what maps show is what they don’t show. Any time we look at a map, we see a landscape as filtered through the mapmaker’s judgements, prejudices, and cultural context.
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The Boston Evening-Post that day ran a curious front-page story titled “The surprising account of those spectres called vampyres.” That’s right. Vampires.
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This is the final installment in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenure atop the NPS.
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This is part IV in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenue atop the NPS.
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This is part III in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenure atop the NPS.
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This is part II in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenure atop the NPS.
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This is part I in a multi-part series exploring the youth and adolescence of Robert Stanton, former Director of the National Park Service and the first director of color, and how the context of his early years informed his tenure atop the NPS.
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I’ve been thinking recently about how to revive this blog and make better use of it. I’d like to focus on historical exploration and analysis and, when possible, localize my subjects and comment on broader national trends.
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A place-based approach to the debate to rename Faneuil Hall in Boston, a popular historic site part of Boston National Historical Park, National Parks of Boston.
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If confirmed as National Parks Service Director, Chuck Sams III will be the first person to hold the position in an official capacity since the Obama administration. Here’s why that’s important.
The Sketch Book of Nick DeLuca 