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...Nineteenth century Europe had two dreams: socialism and America. Those who wanted to improve their lives could either fight for a more egalitarian society at home or move across the Atlantic to join a new nation. The 20th century has seen the triumph of America -- if by America one means democratic pluralism. America has won not only the ideological battle but the cold war as well. Socialism, certainly in its Soviet Marxist incarnation, has failed. The Soviet Union retains large military forces, but it is no longer a superpower; in fact, it finds itself fighting for its very survival...
...appointments of Faust and Gienapp would also help bolster the department's offerings in nineteenth century history, a field which will suffer a major loss when Warren Professor of American History David H. Donald retires in two years...
Drew G. Faust, a University of Pennsylvania expert on the antebellum South, and William E. Gienapp, a University of Wyoming specialist in nineteenth century party politics, said in interviews yesterday that they had not decided whether to accept the Harvard offers...
...night affair between an aristocrat and her servant, Miss Julie details the emerging European concepts of Darwinism, psychology and the collapsing aristocracy of Europe. This play in the North House Dining Hall should prove an interesting combination of action, mime and dance in what was, in the nineteenth century, a highly innovative and ground-breaking play...
...historians' brief contends that"nineteenth-century abortion restrictions soughtto promote objectives that are today plainlyeither inapplicable or constitutionallyimpermissible...