From Common-place, a special issue on American food in the age of experiment, including an introduction by David Shields; and what does barbecue tell us about race? A review of Savage Barbecue: Race, Culture, and the Invention of America's First Food by Andrew Warne. A review of Morality's Muddy Waters: Ethical Quandaries in Modern America by George Cotkin. Here’s a timeline of the birth of and battle for one of the country’s weirdest little plots of land. Deep in the Cumberland Plateau, mysterious drawings, thousands of years old, offer a glimpse of lost Native American cultures and traditions. Are American museums forgetting the rest of the world? An interview with Richard Pells, author of Modernist America: Art, Movies, and the Globalization of American Culture. A review of Envisioning the Nation: The Early American World’s Fairs and the Formation of Culture by Astrid Boger. A review of A Renegade History of the United States by Thaddeus Russell. A review of The Passport in America: The History of a Document by Craig Robertson. Mark Vanhoenacker on the superiority of American domestic appliances. The Boy in the Box: Mark Pulham on America’s unknown child. Civil war lit: How the War between the States changed American literature. How Longfellow woke the dead: When first published 150 years ago, his famous poem about Paul Revere was read as a bold statement of his opposition to slavery. A review of American Political Cartoons, 1754-2010: The Evolution of a National Identity by Stephen Hess and Sandy Northrop. A review of When the Lights Went Out: A History of Blackouts in America by David Nye. Our first public parks: Rebecca Greenfield on the forgotten history of cemeteries. The Problem With Question 36: Why are so many of the answers on the U.S. citizenship test wrong? A look at 6 presidential secrets your history teacher didn't mention. National Porcineographic: Here is a portrait of America as a young hog.
