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Skulls in print: scientific racism in the transatlantic world

19 Mar 2014

A PhD student’s research at Cambridge’s Department of History and Philosophy of Science has revealed how racist ideas and images circulated between...

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Forgotten poems recovered by American Civil War research

04 Oct 2013

American Civil War poetry that sheds light on a neglected chapter of the era’s literary history has been recovered and made freely available online...

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American toys for American boys and girls

Cold War PR - spinning the ideological battlefront

07 Dec 2011

The persuasive powers of Cold War PR, until now little recognised or discussed, was the subject of a three-day conference at Cambridge University.

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An American Tale

31 May 2010

David Reynolds' attempt to tell the history of America in 90 episodes in the landmark Radio 4 series, "America, Empire Of Liberty" set Cambridge's...

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