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Historical Era

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Title	Author	Issue
A Field Guide To America’s History		October/November 1986
Extraordinary Lives		October/November 1986
1936 Fifty Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	October/November 1986
To Find Out More		October/November 1986
More Independent Republics		October/November 1986
Annapolis: An American Classic		October/November 1986
Weather Forecast		October/November 1986
1861 One Hundred And Twenty-five Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	October/November 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Dangerous Summer of 1940	Lukacs, John	October/November 1986
Enlightenment		October/November 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) A True Capacity for Governance	Moynihan, Maura	October/November 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) History for the World to See	Ward, Geoffrey	October/November 1986
Present At The Creation		October/November 1986
ERA 2: Colonialism and Settlement (1585–1763) The Maypole of Merry Mount	Demos, John	October/November 1986
Connecticut Railroads: An Illustrated History		October/November 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) Elm Street Blues	Mansfield, Howard	October/November 1986
Brothers In Arms: A Journey From War To Peace		October/November 1986
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930) A Sargent Portrait	Auchincloss, Louis	October/November 1986
Orange Roofs, Golden Arches: The Architecture Of American Chain Restaurants		October/November 1986
Coming Up		October/November 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) Navy Power: A View From The Air	Beach, Edward	October/November 1986
To Find Out More		October/November 1986
Sometimes		October/November 1986
To Find Out More		October/November 1986
Editors’ Bookshelf		August/September 1986
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's) A Fascination with the Common Place	Karp, Walter	August/September 1986
Gods of Pennsylvania Station	Diehl, Lorraine	August/September 1986
In Case You Missed It	Dobell, Byron	August/September 1986
Correspondence		August/September 1986
Semantic Confusion		August/September 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) The Music of the Darker Streets	Ward, Geoffrey	August/September 1986
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Mr. Franklin’s Leadership Maxims	Baida, Peter	August/September 1986
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900) Indians on the Land	Cronon, William	August/September 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Fuller Brush Man	Carson, Gerald	August/September 1986
1836 One Hundred And Fifty Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	August/September 1986
1936 Fifty Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	August/September 1986
Wrong Railroad		August/September 1986
Coming Up		August/September 1986
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) The Blighted Life of the Writer, Circa 1840	Sheppard, Carol	August/September 1986
Time Machine	Ide, Karolyn	August/September 1986
1786 Two Hundred Years Ago	Ide, Karolyn	August/September 1986
Song Of Calumet		August/September 1986
Military Vs. Civilian		August/September 1986
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861) “A Fair, Honorable, and Legitimate Trade”	Grant, Frederic	August/September 1986
Disastrous Test		August/September 1986
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945) The Big Picture of the Great Depression	Garraty, John	August/September 1986
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present) ”…to Thy Jubilee Throng”	Fiel, Gerard	August/September 1986
Ike Liker		August/September 1986
Nothing Like Texas		August/September 1986
Holmes’s Obsession		August/September 1986