A 1903 drawing by Louis Dalrymple depicts European immigrants as “rats” (in the magazine Judge). New York Public Library Jérôme Viala-Gaudefroy, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières The day after the US midterm elections in 2018, Paul Krugman wrote in the New York Times about the opposition between a “real America”, representing urban, diverse … Continue reading ‘Divided we stand’: looking back to the 1920s to understand the United States today