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Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part XIII

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By mid-December 1918, it was clear that a second wave of the flu was indeed hitting Fresno. But many people did not want to shut down again.

Ethan J. Kytle June 12, 2020 Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Our Haunted Present: Daniel Guerin on Historical Analogies and How We Confront Our Past

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We often trip over historical analogies when trying to interpret the present. But the French writer offered a different way of thinking about time.

Guest June 12, 2020 1950s, France, gay rights, radical politics, the Left

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part XII

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As students returned to school and theaters reopened, was a second wave of the deadly virus about to hit Fresno?

Ethan J. Kytle June 5, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part XI

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The pandemic wanes, the world begins to reopen — but in December 1918, was a second wave about to hit?

Ethan J. Kytle May 26, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part X

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Churches, flu masks, theatrical fare, and some hungry Fresnans. How does the crisis finally unwind?

Ethan J. Kytle May 19, 2020 California, coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part IX

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Fresnans impatiently wait to reopen their city. But has the flu been thwarted?

Ethan J. Kytle May 11, 2020 Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

Dispatches from Fresno, 1918-19: Following the ‘Spanish’ Flu Pandemic in Real Time, Part VIII

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The people of Fresno try to figure out how to celebrate the end of the Great War — without reviving the flu epidemic.

Ethan J. Kytle May 5, 2020 coronavirus, Dispatches from Fresno, Fresno, public history

In Search of Fathers: Nara Milanich on the Historical Puzzle of Paternity

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The question, Milanich argues, is not “Who is the father?” but rather, “Who do we want him to be?”

Jennifer Randles May 3, 2020 book reviews, family, gender, legal history, technology

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