People selectively perceive inequality from among all its manifold forms. By Dr. Simon SzreterProfessor of History and...
History
The African island nation played a central—but little-known—role in the rise of the global sugar trade. By...
The GOP is seeking to downplay the role that slavery played in the development of the U.S....
By the time of the American Revolution, slavery had existed in British mainland North America for over...
Propaganda is cheap to produce on the web. By Alex AmendFreelance Writer and Researcher A purposeful lie...
Garrisonians called the Constitution a “covenant with death” and “an agreement with Hell.” Introduction The abolitionist William...
Lawmakers whose Southern ancestors owned slaves before abolition have a higher net worth today. By Neil SehgalPhD...
The government conducted a census every five years. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction Citizenship (civitas)...
Tracing significant semantic changes of civic vocabulary. By Dr. Els RoseProfessor of Humanities and ClassicsUtrecht University A...
Prior to 1906, naturalization courts had little or no guidance. Throughout our nation’s history, foreign-born men and...
Knowledge is power is a quotation that has been run into the ground behind a whole host...
Victims met with violence, intimidation, coercion, and deception. Men, women, and children were all trafficked in Late...
“Just because I am a Librarian doesn’t mean I have to dress like one.” By Dr. Deborah...
People have always pushed back against the social expectations that constrain them. Femininity The Physical Education of...
Introduction to Whisky Varieties Whisky is a drink steeped in history, offering endless variety for enthusiasts and...
People had the same fitness concerns some 2000 years ago. Introduction Many people today worry about how...
Made from wormwood, anise, and fennel, it has both healed and harmed. By David JesudasonFreelance Writer Absinthe...
A lack of government regulations enabled strange “cures”. Introduction Throughout the nineteenth century and into the early...
Knowledge circulation and information technologies in 17th-century Russia. By Dr. Clare Griffin1Assistant Professor, Department of HistoryAssistant Professor,...
In some ways, this is a history of an intellectual cul-de-sac. By Dr. Dina GusejnovaAssociate Professor, Department...
No one thought at the time that the Soviet Union could collapse. By Dr. José Luis Ferreira-GarcíaAssociate...
Everyone supposedly has them, but where exactly do human rights come from? By Dr. Bennett PartenAssistant Professor...
Candidates who defined themselves as Washington outsiders. Introduction In 2016, a billionaire businessman and the first woman...
Bicycles took American consumers by storm in the 1890s. Introduction Although it seems very unlikely, bicycles had...
Piecing together the evolution of retail strategies implemented by cloth botigueros (shopkeepers). Introduction It is not new1...
Early writers on probability had explained how the ‘house advantage’ didn’t need to be large for a...
Bernard Marigny, a famous swashbuckling gambler, had real estate developments that shaped the city’s character. In the...
Few places on the planet love poker as much as the US. Thanks to its vibrant poker...
Over the past few decades, casinos have become a huge part of popular culture, directly influencing many...
Maps have shaped American cultural ideas about travel, place, and ownership. Introduction From the earliest days of...