To twenty-first-century Americans, the case against slavery may appear self-evident. However, nineteenth-century opponents of slavery faced a...
History
Many machinists even created their own variations of the difference engine after Babbage’s death. Introduction The 2008...
Telecommunication would prove to be a powerful agent of change. Rivers flood, some more regularly than others....
Joshua J. Mark tells of his journey to this magical ancient site that has become a symbol...
An interview with Curator Virginia Novoa Espinoza about the museum’s magnificent collection and the artistry of Costa...
Discussing a young Guy de Maupassant was invited to lunch at the holiday cottage of Algernon Swinburne....
Exploring the importance of his first dramatic work and how in it can be seen the themes...
The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw a growth in the inland exploration of Latin America. Introduction The...
From as early as the pre-Columbian era, there existed networks of exchange among the early civilizations of...
The cultural context in which African bodies were represented in objects is strikingly different from what we...
African cultures never existed in isolation—there was always movement, trade, and the exchange of ideas. Introduction Early...
Exploring relationships between the Great Migration and the civil rights struggle in northern cities and, especially, Chicago...
History and civil rights are intertwined at the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site at Moton Field in...
Monopoly’s roots begin with a woman—a progressive named Elizabeth Magie. For generations, the story of Monopoly’s Depression-era...
Chicago’s “Eleanor Clubs” were designed to give young, working women affordable and congenial places to live. By...
It was one of the most important Southern cities in the war and the only major Virginian...
The British chancellor and exchequer and his soldier sibling pushed the interests of the empire at the...
Born on July 18, 1635, this polymath broke ground in fields ranging from pneumatics, microscopy, mechanics and...
Sir Francis Bacon developed a method for philosophers to use in weighing the truthfulness of knowledge. How...
A new national imaginary emerged that legitimized the task of redefinition. With variations, a concern with origins...
The Spanish Crown sent forces to colonize the land, convert the indigenous populations, and extract resources from...
This was a great center of learning and early Christian scholarship during the Roman period. By Mark...
Not until the Roman period did genuinely public libraries allow people to come and read as they...
Many exaggerated claims have been made concerning the effects and consequences of the crusades on life in...
What were the motivating factors for crusaders, from the Pope to the humblest warrior? By Mark CartwrightHistorian...
The story of Parthia begins with Seleucus I, one of Alexander the Great’s generals. Introduction The Parthians...
The city was located in an area previously associated with the Cilician pirates. Introduction Antiochia ad Cragum (“Antioch...
Hinduism stood for a wide variety of related religious traditions native to India. Introduction For well over...
The Upanishads are the philosophical account deemed to be the earliest source of Hindu religion. Introduction The...
The short life and long legacy of the 19th-century reformer William Apess. On April 1, 1839, a...