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Lucy Jane Santos — Chain Reactions: The Hopeful History of Uranium

Lucy Jane Santos — Chain Reactions: The Hopeful History of Uranium

by Massachusetts History Alliance | May 9, 2025 | History News

Lucy Jane SantosFrom the Publisher Tracing uranium’s past—and how it intersects with our understanding of other radioactive elements—Chain Reactions aims to enlighten readers and refresh our attitudes about the atomic world. Chain Reactions looks at the fascinating,...
Jeffrey Orens — Selling Baseball: How Superstars George Wright and Albert Spalding Impacted Sports in America

Jeffrey Orens — Selling Baseball: How Superstars George Wright and Albert Spalding Impacted Sports in America

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 24, 2025 | History News

Jeffrey Orens From the Publisher A fascinating look back on baseball’s humble beginnings and its transformation into the national pastime, told through the lives of two men who dominated the game. The nineteenth century was a time of rapid growth and development for...
Matthew Lockwood — Explorers: A New History

Matthew Lockwood — Explorers: A New History

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Apr 18, 2025 | History News

Matthew LockwoodAmazon Book Description Unfurling a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked figures spanning forty centuries and six continents, historian Matthew Lockwood narrates lives filled with imagination and wonder, curiosity, connection, and...
James Bradley — Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician

James Bradley — Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 31, 2025 | History News

James BradleyFrom the Publisher: A new biography of the 8th president of the United States, the first chief executive not born a British citizen and the first to use the party system to chart his way from tavern-keeper’s son to the pinnacle of power. Martin Van Buren...
Conversation on the Commons: Putting the Public in Publishing History

Conversation on the Commons: Putting the Public in Publishing History

by Massachusetts History Alliance | Mar 24, 2025 | Conversations on the Commons (event), Conversations on the Commons Archive, News, Publick Occurences

Putting the Public in Publishing History March 21, 2025 12:00-1:30pm The gold standard of having done research in local history used to be to get it published. Is publishing the imprimatur from the history community that it once was? If you want to bring your...
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