by Summer Hart | Sep 25, 2025
The 1960s in America were a time of revolt against the stifling conformism embodied in the sprawling, uniform suburbs of the 1950s. Typically, the reforms of the Catholic Church’s Second Vatican Council, which aimed to make the Church more modern and accessible, are...
by Summer Hart | Sep 25, 2025
In the popular imagination, the suburbs are synonymous with the “American Dream” of upward mobility and economic security. After World War II, white families rushed into newly built suburbs, where they accumulated wealth through homeownership and enjoyed access to...
by Summer Hart | Sep 25, 2025
Molly-Claire Gillett maps the Irish lace industry’s connection to stakeholders such as the British Department of Science and Art, the Cork School of Art, The Irish Agricultural Organisation Society and the Irish Department of Agriculture and Technical...
by Summer Hart | Sep 25, 2025
Gabriel Noël vient d’avoir 21 ans lorsqu’il s’engage dans les bataillons des volontaires de l’armée révolutionnaire en août 1791. C’est là que l’historien Thomas Dodman le rencontre, grâce à sa correspondance avec sa mère et sa soeur adoptives, Élisabeth Dufresne et...
by Summer Hart | Sep 25, 2025
From birth to death, we care and are cared for by others. Yet we rarely acknowledge care except when it fails. In Love, Money, Duty, Rachel Adams examines the stories we tell about care, those who do the work, and those who depend on it. These narratives, she argues,...
