New perspectives on how history is made
An interview with biographer Thomas Alexander Hughes.
These storms changed history.
The likely result of Brexit is to make British history less relevant to the rest of the world.
He may never have joined the Confederacy, but he wholeheartedly embraced slavery, despite what the New York Times says.
The story is more appalling than was understood at the time.
The complicated matrix of reasons that went into the decision.
It finally closed. Good riddance.
In “1777” he tells the story of the Battle of Saratoga.
An interview with Steve Olson, the acclaimed author of "Eruption: The Untold Story of Mount St. Helens."
Art gets beneath the surface of this staggering event in American history, unlike the 9/11 museum's display of artifacts.
Our evolving understanding of food cultivation and its history yields surprising results.
“Except for failing to end the Great Depression in one term, which no one could have done without a war, Hoover was a success in America.”
It was an intrinsic part of the North’s economy, particularly Rhode Island’s.
The refugees were slaves who fled their masters’ estates to find refuge behind Union lines.
Holocaust museums belong to the survivors and their succeeding generations. They shouldn’t be mum about their plans.
An historian explains why he thinks it is.
Once again we’re stigmatizing people for no other reason than we’re scared and need a scapegoat.
Historians for the most part have ignored his legacy in Lebanon. They shouldn’t. Here’s why.
The lesson: They would be safe as long as they could have absolute power over their slaves. Only it wasn’t true.
Shouldn’t we take notice?
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