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Joel Colton

Joel Colton taught in Duke University’s history department for forty-two years. He was educated at City College of New York and Columbia University, which awarded him his Ph.D. in 1950. He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Phi Beta Kappa lecturer, and the recipient of Guggenheim, Rockefeller, and National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships. His books included Léon Blum: Humanist in Politics, for which he received a Mayflower Award. He cowrote, with R. R. Palmer, numerous editions of A History of the Modern World. He died in 2011.
Leon Blum

Books

Leon Blum

Books for LGBTQIA+ History Month

For LGBTQIA+ History Month in October, we’re celebrating the shared history of individuals within the community and the importance of the activists who have fought for their rights and the rights of others. We acknowledge the varying and diverse experiences within the LGBTQIA+ community that have shaped history and have led the way for those

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Horror Titles for the Halloween Season

In celebration of the Halloween season, we are sharing horror books that are aligned with the themes of the holiday: the sometimes unknown and scary creatures and witches. From classic ghost stories and popular novels that are celebrated today, in literature courses and beyond, to contemporary stories about the monsters that hide in the dark, our list

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