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Charts & Graphs

Charts & Graphs crimes & punishments

Cultural Relativity

Crimes and punishments from around the world.

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Charts & Graphs eros

Lonely Hearts

Personal ads from the past two hundred years.

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Charts & Graphs discovery

Here Be Dragons

What lies past the world’s edge.

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Charts & Graphs scandal

Better Late Than Never

Belated apologies.

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Charts & Graphs philanthropy

Detail of list of quotes

Earthly Reasons

Donors explain why they give.

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Charts & Graphs home

Private Access

Private Access

Gated communities and exclusive addresses.

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Charts & Graphs travel

Word to the Wise

Darwin’s father objects to his naturalist voyage.

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Charts & Graphs comedy

List of characters form the Italian commedia dell'arte.

Stock Characters

New and old manifestations of commedia dell’arte personas.

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Charts & Graphs crimes & punishments

Abandon All Hope

Abandon All Hope

Punishments meted out to sinners in Dante’s Inferno.

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Charts & Graphs trade

Markets of the Intangible

Products that don’t physically exist.

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Charts & Graphs foreigners

Making It to America

The journey through Ellis Island.

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Charts & Graphs freedom

Four Freedoms

Close reading Norman Rockwell’s famous artworks.

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Charts & Graphs religion

Exodus

Escapes from persecution.

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Charts & Graphs freedom

As Free as the Gods

Liberation tropes in world mythology.

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Charts & Graphs politics

Arts of the State

State-sponsored works of art.

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