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Jill Lepore, the microhistorian

The genius of Jill Lepore. She’s turned microhistory into an essayistic art. But therein lurk the perils of the quest for perfect readability… more»

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On David Cannadine

Historians are dividers, rabble-rousers, us-and-them style thinkers who separate mankind into rival factions. Or so argues David Cannadine… more»

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