The ideological basis for fascism came from a number of sources. Formation of the National Fascist Party...
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A fortuitous influx of cash launched the Smithsonian’s first art collection. In 1835, through an unlikely turn...
Throughout his life, Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) collected books across a vast spectrum of topics and languages. Introduction...
For a small price, Ferdinand Brader would draw a bird’s-eye view of someone’s homestead. When Ferdinand A....
Life in the 18th-century city would have provoked a dazzling mixture of sensations: terror and exhilaration, menace...
Researchers show that an Ancient Roman text has long been misinterpreted, shedding new light on how innovation...
What the Romans ate and how. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction The ancient Mediterranean diet revolved around four...
The animating belief of eugenics—the state should control the reproduction of poor people, immigrants, and women of...
The societal development of cultural feminism across time. Introduction My goal in the present paper was to...
Their experiences and memories—in oral histories, interviews, as well as in fiction and film—challenge the narrative of...
“Alabama Fever” triggered a takeover by cotton planters of America’s oldest indigenous region. The Old South wasn’t...
The enterprising Philadelphian was a long-time Royalist and late-blooming rebel who fused the American project with English...
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...