Tara Mitchell Mielnik fills a significant gap in the history of the New Deal South by examining the lives of the men of South Carolina's Civilian Conservation C

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In an era defined by political polarization, both major U.S. parties have come to share a remarkably similar understanding of the education system as well as a

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