The refurbished Matthew Steele Court will also form the focal point of a new social history initiative.

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In his introduction he explains how his research sheds a useful new light on world social history.

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While Mr. Cave is widely considered to be one of very few people who could write a definitive architectural and social history of New York real estate, that is one volume we are unlikely to enjoy soon.

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There are also many new novels that, like To Kill a Mockingbird, illuminate social issues not by writing through the broad strokes of history but by developing powerful characters who battle events over which they have little or no control.

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