domain | publicdomainreview.org |
summary | This is a summary of recent essays published on the website. The first essay, "Splitting Hairs: Chinese Immigrants, the Queue, and the Boundaries of Political Citizenship" by Sarah Gold McBride, discusses the issue of political citizenship for Chinese immigrants through the concept of a queue. The second essay, "Dancing Naked on the Head of a Pin: The Early History of Microphotography" by Anika Burgess, delves into the early history of microphotography and its cultural significance. The third essay, "Imagining an Idle Countess: George Wightwick's The Palace of Architecture" by Matthew Mullane, explores the architecture of a historical building through illustrations. Lastly, "The Old, Old, Very Old Man: Thomas Parr and the Longevity Trade" by Katherine Harvey delves into the history of Thomas Parr and his claim to be the oldest living human. |
title | The Public Domain Review – Online journal dedicated to showcasing the most interesting and unusual out-of-copyright works available on the web |
description | Online journal and not-for-profit project dedicated to the exploration of curious and compelling works from the history of art, literature, and ideas. |
keywords | more, images, history, shop, public, domain, prints, culture, essays, collections, latest, books, policy, project, blog, review, world |
upstreams |
bloggy.garden, openculture.com |
downstreams |
twitter.com, instagram.com, bsky.app, mastodon.social, facebook.com |
nslookup | A 35.157.26.135, A 63.176.8.218 |
created | 2024-02-13 |
updated | 2025-08-28 |
summarized | 2025-08-28 |
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