historians

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It is generally acknowledged among economic historians that the law was transformative, setting the stage for the U.S. boom in the white-collar, college-educated postwar economy.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 18, 2026

The "covered-up" image of a nude artefact has been withdrawn from an Indian school textbook after it sparked a massive backlash from historians and educationists.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2026

That’s why legal briefs in the case are riddled with citations to an obscure 1915 book by a Boston lawyer named Josiah Henry Benton, who argued that historians had overlooked the practice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Macron last year said that a joint commission of French and Haitian historians would examine this and issue recommendations.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

Although a few historians have recently cast doubt on some of the details of Olaudah Equiano’s life story, the majority of his account has been verified.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis