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Spectators watch Operation Sail, a parade of 16 majestic tall ships from 14 nations to celebrate the U.S. bicentennial, in New York Harbor on July 4, 1976.

How the World Celebrated America’s 200th Birthday

Countries around the world participated in the 1976 bicentennial, in a turning point for US soft power.

by Michael J. Kramer via New Lines on July 3, 2026

The flags of the USA and the USSR.

Cold War Tones

Two books that remind us that tone and timbre, musical style and sound, matter to history.

by Michael J. Kramer via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on July 28, 2024

Miles Davis, Howard McGhee, and unknown pianist. NYC, September 1947.

On Menand’s "The Free World" and Dinerstein’s "The Origins of Cool in Postwar America"

Two differing explorations of post-WWII culture, politics, and ideals.

by Michael J. Kramer via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on May 21, 2023

People gathered around an electronic contraption with lightbulbs.

Ideas of the PMC

A review of three new books that in various ways track the rise of the "Professional Managerial Class."

by Michael J. Kramer via Society for U.S. Intellectual History on March 6, 2022

Woody Guthrie playing his guitar

This Anthem Was Made For You and Me?

A breakdown of how Woody Guthrie's hit song "This Land" has evolved over time.

by Michael J. Kramer via Clio and the Contemporary on July 2, 2021

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