Newsletter from the Theodore Roosevelt Center sharing highlights from its digital archive of Roosevelt materials, including historical letters, quotations, and behind-the-scenes cataloging work. Readers get archival anecdotes about Roosevelt and updates on the center's digital humanities projects.
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Long-form essays on the history of innovation and the causes of the British Industrial Revolution, drawing on archival research. Recent issues cover the salt trade, Scotland's outsized role in invention, and Tudor labour laws and trade.
Helen Castor's personal newsletter offers behind-the-scenes glimpses of her history writing, including short essays on medieval London and royal history. It also runs a reader-led read-along of the fifteenth-century Paston Letters, with transcriptions and guidance.
A weekly newsletter offering three consequential China-focused stories plus occasional essays linking current events to their historical roots. It covers Chinese politics, technology policy and US-China geopolitics, with analysis from a historian and former US government official.
A Jewish-interest books and ideas publication offering long-form reviews and essays on history, politics, culture and Israel. Readers get critical engagement with new books and current debates, including anti-Zionism and Israeli politics.
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