The enterprising Philadelphian was a long-time Royalist and late-blooming rebel who fused the American project with English...
History
It can be difficult to imagine that the antiquities in museums were once a part of vibrant...
Examining different time periods and ethnic groups to document the history of a city where immigrants have...
Shrouded by myth and intrigue, Catherine the Great is now regarded as one of history’s most influential...
Alexander the Great pushed east into Mesopotamia with the intention of bringing Darius to battle. Introduction After...
The public was charmed by his presentation as an antidote to politics, until the Great Depression hit....
On the motives of a reluctant memoirist. In late 1884, after delivering an evening lecture at Chickering...
Fully one in four Union fighters was foreign-born. In the summer of 1861, an American diplomat in...
Even if a treaty by this name was never drawn up, it is true that there was...
In 1888, small farmers, sharecroppers, and industrial workers organized to fight inequality. Today, when Americans think about...
George Pullman’s unbending business acumen made him a mogul but also inspired the greatest labor uprising of...
The attack had been six years in the making, and still, the Persians were not fully prepared....
In 1915, a congressional bill was introduced to ban all civilian wireless activities from the airwaves. Static...
Genevieve Hitt, likely the first woman to serve the U.S. government as a cryptologist, broke ground in...
Damascus is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. To understand the importance of...
The termination of Restell’s conviction involving Purdy kept her out of prison and allowed her to continue...
Investigating health and hygiene in 18th century Britain, against a backdrop of industrialization and the subsequent over-crowding...
Forensic medicine, also called “medical jurisprudence” or “legal medicine,” emerged in the 1600s. The Rise of Forensics...
From gruesome, public executions to Georgian Britain’s adoration of the ‘heroic’ highwayman, the author investigates attitudes to...
A scheming and salacious newspaper reporter targeted Hamilton and Jefferson – and nearly ruined them. It is...
In 1758, Samuel Johnson noted that the “itch of scribbling” had seized the nation. Introduction In 1758,...
Before the age of printing, the texts and layouts of Hebrew works were not standardised. This is...
The Third Crusade failed to put Jerusalem back in Christian hands. Introduction In 1187 Outremer (the collective...
Persian gained prominence as a literary language and a lingua franca—a common cultural language—about a thousand years...
The Comte knew that there were both advantages and pitfalls in the use of secrecy in diplomacy....
From the charitable relief of the Poor Law to the grim conditions of the workhouse, examining attitudes...
The message in medieval manuscripts is clear: The rich are good, the poor are trouble. Gluttony—overindulging in...
Retracing the history of media technologies in the practice of medicine. Reba Benschoter readied herself to speak...
Analyzing the evolving state of British health in the nineteenth century and how Livingstone’s perceptions of this...
Until today, she was the only first lady born outside the U.S.. She had to prove herself...