Lebanese factory workers in Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1890-1950. Originally published by North Carolina State University, August 2018, republished...
History
Now, intrepid scholars are saving those parish baptismal records from war, neglect, and rot. By Paula Wasley...
America has had four major crisis turning points, each 74 years apart, from the time of the...
The departure of those who aligned themselves with Great Britain rather than the revolutionary cause. Originally published...
Visual registers of Latin America acquired new characteristics at the dawning of the 19th century. Introduction Alongside...
The Passeio Publico represented several groundbreaking achievements. Introduction In the middle of the eighteenth century a series...
As a result of the need to exchange information faster and more efficiently, telecommunications advanced rapidly. As...
Morse code works whether flashing a spotlight or blinking your eyes – or even tapping on a...
John Wesley Powell’s expedition opened the West. He then devoted his life to protecting it. In May...
Arctic ice has long proved a stern adversary to explorers. Exploring the representation of this fearful foe...
Traditionally founded in the 6th century CE, the present layout of buildings dates to the 12th century...
The castle is the largest and best-preserved samurai fortification in the country. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Himeji...
Early space age culture in America highlighted women’s reproductive capacity as a primary, crucial contribution that women...
Beyond the headlines and iconic reputation she built across party lines, she had to fight just as...
Amistad captives were kept in a jail on the New Haven Green. For twelve-and-a-half cents, residents of...
The tragedy of treating people as property has left only scattered scraps to hint at their cultures...
Current explanations for why humans dance tend to follow one of two approaches. Dancing is a human...
Defamiliarizing fame by exploring its roots in the ancient world. Introduction “Fame is a bee,” Emily Dickinson...
Examining the act of sharing food during a time of war, even across enemy lines, is a...
Welcome to the kaleidoscopic universe of Wild West history, where outlaws return from the dead with vampiric...
The journey begins with a quiet academic living in Istanbul who receives a cryptic message that will...
The Roman Republic emerged out of what one historian called “the ashes of the monarchy.” Introduction Western...
Medieval feasts sometimes had a moral tossed in with the tale. In the Middle Ages, before forks...
The typically idealized picture of Socrates is not the whole story, and it gives us no indication...
Growing up American in India instilled in me a deep curiosity about foreign lands – including my...
Examining the intersection of religion and politics in the evolution of the Sikh tradition in the pre-colonial,...
The often overlapping religious and diplomatic networks acted in concert to advance, for example, Protestant concerns. By...
It made sense for the Quakers to cultivate an exaggerated presence in order to make their voices...
Considering the spread of Judaism from the viewpoint of other cultures in the Ancient Near East. Introduction...
Examining the transitions from “selective polytheism” to henotheism and subsequently, from henotheism to global monotheism. Introduction In...