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17. Child Labour in an American Textile Mill
By Jonah Berger Across the United States around the turn of the 20th century, millions of children worked in factories, agricultural fields, mines, and city stores. In the following years, a mass movement to end child labour gained strength, buoyed by photographer Lewis Hine’s work on behalf of the National Child Labor Committee. The photo…
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Stamford’s Urban Renewal Projects: Local Archives and Narratives of Progress
In the 1960s and 70s, Stamford, Connecticut, demolished 130 acres of its downtown in an attempt at revitalization. The record of these Urban Renewal Projects lend insight into how power imbalances are created and perpetuated in local historical archives.
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Indian Independence 8,290 miles away: U.C. Berkeley and the Fight for Self-Rule
By Madhumitha Krishnan (@MadhumithaKris)[1] ‘…[India’s] teeming millions are dying of abject starvation, ever increasing famines and devastating epidemics. The present-day India needs readjustment and reconstruction socially, morally, and economically.’[2] So proclaimed Dr K. D. Shastri in his inaugural address at the 1915 International Hindustanee Student Convention in Chicago. Dr Shastri, a religious and social reformer, levied…
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Scandal, 1926 – When the Germany Navy Broke Prohibition Laws
By Giles Ockenden From a 21st Century viewpoint, American Prohibition seems a fascinating yet alien episode. That the United States banned the production, sale, importation and transportation of alcoholic beverages between 1920 and 1933 might be difficult to imagine today. Prohibition’s success in fighting the consumption and demand for alcohol can be debated, yet the case…
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Hannukah Bushes? The Twentieth Century Origins of the Festival of Light
For many Jewish families today, Hannukah, or the festival of light, is a holiday season highlight. It is full of fried potato pancakes known as latkes, spinning tops called dreidels, and the exchange of gifts over eight nights marked by the lighting of the Menorah. While the miraculous origins of Hannukah trace back to the…
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