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Alexander Kerensky was the charismatic leader of the Provisional Government that held a tenuous grip on power in Russia between the fall of the Romanovs in February 1917 and the storming to power of the Bolsheviks in the October Revolution. Kerensky first visited Stanford in 1955 and spent much...
Published 12/22/17
Through some simple archival detective work, the staff of Stanford University Press (SUP) unearthed the long and lesser-told history of the Press, from its humble origins in 1892 to its myriad transformations over the course of the 20th century. This history, studded with the stories of plucky...
Published 12/22/17
Laura Jones, Joseph Stagner and James Sweeney talked about the history, the transformation, and the current state of the energy system at Stanford.
Published 08/26/17