Hemp’s long history in the United States reveals its centrality to the material foundations of colonial, frontier,...
History
Locusta’s legacy lies not in the sensational details of her craft but in what her life reveals...
Not even a specific allegation of philandering, illicit pregnancy, and coverup barred Grover Cleveland from the White...
Contemporary societies, equipped with vastly more sophisticated systems of governance, continue to wrestle with the same moral...
In Indian memory, Mir Jafar’s name became synonymous with treachery. To call someone a “Mir Jafar” was...
When the smoke cleared over the Anacostia Flats, the veterans’ camps lay in ashes, and with them,...
Vincent Gigante’s story closes not with the triumph of a mythic criminal, but with the quiet unraveling...
The American Revolution was not born on a battlefield but in the refusal to obey. Civil disobedience,...
The civil rights movement revealed the limits of American democracy when confronted by its own conscience. It...
When Captain John Bacon fell in 1783, he took with him the last embers of Loyalist resistance...
James Armistead Lafayette’s life is a testament to how the ideals of the American Revolution were both...
From the furnaces of Noricum to the markets of Alexandria, the trade in weapons bound together the...
The nineteenth century was an age of paradox for the history of rocketry, a century that stood...
The Wanli Emperor’s long withdrawal from governance represents one of the most consequential failures of leadership in...
The brief life of the Articles of Confederation occupies a paradoxical place in American history, at once...
Justinian II’s reign stands as one of the most paradoxical episodes in Byzantine history, a period of...
Stone cannot conceal truth forever. Time has a way of turning monuments into mirrors, reflecting the morality...
Viewed within its historical moment, The Great Gatsby reveals how the dream of equality and opportunity had...
The early Industrial Revolution inaugurated more than an age of machines; it redefined the relationship between humanity...
The environmental consequences of the Texas oil boom reveal how technological achievement and ecological degradation advanced side...
This is actually the first book devoted to the subject of werewolves in the ancient world. By...
Archaeological material can feed into discussions of sacrifice and pre-Christian myth and religion. Introduction Most often, and...
The iconic image of a witch on a broomstick has apocryphal origins. By Dr. Michael D. BaileyProfessor...
“Damnation seize my soul.” By Eli WizevichHistory CorrespondentSmithsonian Magazine Something unthinkable happened during the summer of 1718....
Wallpaper has done more than decorate, it has been a history, technology, and culture, reflection. Wallpaper comes...
The Waldensian story remains a mirror for every age in which conviction eclipses truth. When belief becomes...
The medieval economy, often portrayed as rigid and hierarchical, in fact operated through a mosaic of temporary,...
The middle class saw itself as both the moral guardian and the practical engine of progress, defining...
Darshan is also about the multilayered ways in which we see the world around us. Background If...
Warrior-monks crusaded for Christianity, and adding to the ongoing mystery surrounding the military order is their enigmatic...