American Historical Quotes

6 quotes from 6 authors

Six voices give a fast glimpse of American history, each line a thread from a bigger story of past and present. The brevity makes it a handy stop for those curious about turn‑of‑century romance or the rise of historical scholarship. You may also enjoy deeper looks at American literature or genealogy.

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Watergate got us to think of leaders as mere mortals. America began to think of itself in a very different way -…

Rick Perlstein

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“Much is at stake. In giving Hochschild its Theodore Roosevelt-Woodrow Wilson Award in 2008, the American Historical Association claimed that King Leopold’s…

Bruce Gilley

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As president of the American Historical Association, I started a programme to make dissertations into e-books in 1999. Before I knew it,…

Robert Darnton

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Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the…

Bruce Babbitt

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I did a co-authored book not so long ago that was an American historical romance set at the turn of the century.…

Janet Evanovich

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A peculiarity of the American historical sensibility allows us to be proud of great-grandfathers (or even grandfathers) who lived in crushing poverty,…

Patricia Hampl

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