#1890s

Usman Shamaki

aushamaki

As stated a few days ago, here's a thread about Chile & Peru's nitrate price drop of the 1920s: Since the 19th century, nitrates have been used mainly to obtain

Forrest Maready

forrestmaready

1. A lot of people are taking a second look at vaccines these days. As someone who’s written several books about them, I thought you might enjoy my personal opinion/list

Peter

stampden

THREAD (1/8)1942 (6 July) reg cover from Australian #philatelic firm of S&M Miller Bros., Victoria; to Don Houseworth, editor of the International Stamp Review, St. Joseph, Missouri; censored in Civil

Reviving Growth Keynesianism

RGK_Project

We’re pleased to announce a podcast on Reviving Growth Keynesianism! We’re starting it off with a double header: an introductory episode followed immediately by an interview with @NicholsUprising. In our

Eric Allix Rogers

EricAllixRogers

There's a massive Confederate monument on the South Side of Chicago. I've been thinking about it a lot the last few days as monuments to hate have been righteously and

Mona Eltahawy

monaeltahawy

Via this book, I am intellectually living and wrestling with Leda Rafanelli - an Italian anarchist and Muslim who coined the term “feminility.” It is for a new book I’m

Old Ireland in Colour

irelandincolour

This Limerick-born woman was one of the most famed stage actresses in the world by the end of the 19th centuryShaw, Twain and Wilde ("a brilliant and fascinating genius") were

Derf Backderf

DerfBackderf

I see Chief Wahoo, the Cleveland Indians racist mascot, is trending again.I bashed away at the Chief throughout the 90s, to no avail. I did, however, cost the paper its

Teri Kanefield

Teri_Kanefield

People ask, “How can Trump, an incumbent, run for reelection on the message that he'll get rid of the chaos that he caused?”Because I read @heathercoxrichardson’s book and wrote about

Jesse Crall🕊

jessecrall

Political labels get warped to suit whatever argument an individual is making in the moment so trying to solidify them is a fool's errand. Being a fool myself, I'll give

Sura Mbaya

surambaya

Google Arts and Culture has a section on Kenyan chiefs, many of whom collaborated with the colonial government and whose progeny ascended to positions of incredible power and wealth.1/Let's take

Tony Sheng 🦉

tonysheng

A brief history of the gold standard in the United States. (Turns out, silver is one of the most interesting characters in the story).1/ 2/ In the beginning, US coins

Tweeting Historians

Tweetistorian

A thread on the most (in)famous antiquities dealer in 19th-century Palestine, Moses Wilhelm Shapira In the 1870s and early 1880s, Shapira had a shop on Christian St. (now generally called

Anne Louise Avery

AnneLouiseAvery

There's a fleeting scene in Brief Encounter when Celia Johnson nips into Boots the Chemist to change her library book: “Miss Lewis had at last managed to get the new

H i s t o r yK E

HistoryKE

#HistoryKeThread: The Abagusii Resistance Towards the end of the 19th century, the Abagusii learnt of a vision by their prophet Eliamwamu, who was also called Sakawa of Nyakoe. According to

Shawn Leigh Alexander

S_L_Alexander

Good news, but since the @nytimes, along with other news outlets have framed the discussion around #WEBDuBois' 1920s letters, it might be good to give a bit more history, though