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Alewives and the Work of Brewing in England from 1300 to 1500
From Howden’s women brewers to Oxford’s regulations and Margery Kempe’s failed brewery, English ale-making reveals how household skill, money and public authority shaped women’s work.
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Roanoke and the Evidence Behind the Lost Colony
The word Croatoan was a destination, not an inexplicable riddle. John White’s account, Indigenous history, archaeology and drought evidence show what can be known about Roanoke and what remains uncertain.
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The Inca Road and the Runners Who Held an Empire Together
Across the Andes, roads, relay runners, storehouses and knotted records made Inca government possible. Their history reveals the recurring labor behind an imperial network.
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Steel’s New Border War Has an Old Problem: Who Pays for Adjustment?
The September 2026 Milwaukee Framework confronts steel overcapacity. Earlier American and European crises show why border protection, industrial adjustment and the fate of steel towns cannot be separated.
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Can Washington Buy an AI Breakthrough?
Washington’s 8 October AI-science push raises an old question: who benefits when public ambition meets private technology? Apollo and the Human Genome Project offer contrasting lessons.
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The Internet Still Crosses the Ocean by Cable
New alarms over undersea cables have a long history. From the first Atlantic telegraph to the internet, routes, repair ships, and reliable evidence have mattered as much as the lines themselves.
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Sutton Hoo: The Ship Burial and the Search for a King
The Sutton Hoo burial reveals extraordinary craftsmanship and far-reaching connections. Its treasures also show why naming the person buried there remains a matter of evidence, not certainty.
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: Why Escape Failed and Reform Took Work
The 1911 fire killed 146 people in a building that remained standing. The struggle over its meaning began with workers who had organized before the disaster.
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Maria Sibylla Merian in Suriname: The Work Behind the Wings
Merian followed insects through their transformations. Her Suriname book also preserves the labor, local knowledge, uncertainty, and colonial violence behind its beautiful plates.
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Inside Pompeii’s Bakeries: Bread, Skill, and Enslaved Labor
Pompeii’s mills, ovens, and surviving loaves reveal a food industry built on skill, animal power, and unequal freedom. The evidence also tells us where certainty ends.
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Akbar’s House of Debate and the Politics of Religious Difference
At Fatehpur Sikri, religious argument became an imperial project. Akbar’s debates, Jesuit visitors, and Sanskrit translations reveal both the ambition and limits of Mughal pluralism.
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