Empires are not the only entities that rise and fall. So too are academic fields of study. When I was a doctoral student, many of the foremost U.S. historians were intellectual historians: David Brion ...

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A new history examines the long history of a radical and sometimes conservative concept. Here’s a puzzle: Must revolution always mean change? Does it require innovation, or can it bring back what is ...