Lapham's Quarterly
laphamsquarterly.org
A history-focused quarterly that explores each theme through primary sources, with excerpts from writers across the centuries available online.
Why it is useful
Shows how people in different eras wrote about the same subjects, from money to war to love. The excerpts are short, and a great way to find older writers worth reading in full.
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