New perspectives on how history is made
Here’s the sad truth.
"We teach about the past, don’t we? Why can’t we teach about the future?”
The Pulitzer-Prize winning historian discusses the war and its legacy.
It wasn’t one big thing. It was a series of small shocks.
We have to do more than remember Fukushima, we have to learn how to remember Fukushima.
His name was J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur and I’d rather live in his America than Trump’s.
His name was Frederick Russell Burnham. He was complicated.
The new histories of capitalism and slavery have got things backwards.
Both sides in the latest history wars are running from the truth that history is made by people who are human.
I find myself concerned about the future of a discipline so essential for establishing some sense of meaning in our complex technological age.
It was slavery in Europe, which made an elite hugely wealthy.
Here’s how one historian thinks the passage of the last few years have affected their rank.
Reflections on George Washington, Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day.
Is Bernanke right?
Self-published textbooks are better in several ways.
The shocking answer suggests that for far too long we’ve treated human remains as trophies, scientific specimens, and valuable collectables.
A conversation with George Washington prompted by the debate about Syrian refugees.
The fascinating story that can now be told about the quip thanks to digitized data bases.
The desire to achieve a particular cosmetic look binds Lady Gaga to the Egyptian pharaohs, even though they seem worlds apart.
Lincoln’s career should remind us that moral complexity lies at the heart of the American experience.
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