History

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

Remapping White Childhood: On Fresno Redlining
Nathan Hensley on the machinery of white unknowing.
Nathan K. HensleyOct 5, 2020
- History
- Politics
An Obscure Road to Hollywood
A republication of Philippe Garnier’s 1996 book on screenwriters in 1930s Hollywood.
Woody HautOct 4, 2020
Harm’s Way: On “Katrina,” Disaster, and America’s Possible Future
Andru Okun reviews “Katrina, A History 1915–2015,” a new book by Andy Horowitz.
Andru OkunOct 1, 2020
- History
- Politics
Ordinary Courage: A Conversation with Laurel Leff
Laurel Leff discusses her new book about how American universities responded to the Holocaust.
Joy HorowitzSep 30, 2020
- History
- Politics
Reclaiming “Populism”: On Thomas Frank’s “The People, No”
L. Benjamin Rolsky reviews Thomas Frank’s new book, “The People, No: A Brief History of Anti-Populism.”
L. Benjamin RolskySep 29, 2020
- History
- Politics
Koba: An Excerpt from Ronald Grigor Suny’s “Stalin: Passage to Revolution”
LARB presents an excerpt from “Stalin: Passage to Revolution” by Ronald Grigor Suny.
Ronald Grigor SunySep 28, 2020
How to Live Through the Apocalypse
Barbara Kiser extols two remarkable books offering two very different ways of surviving our perfect storm of crises.
Barbara KiserSep 28, 2020
“American Rule” Is Almost Revolutionary
A book diagnosing all of America’s troubles is compelling but doesn’t look at the whole picture.
Paige WelshSep 27, 2020
- History
- Politics
The LARB Banned Books Reader
An anthology of essays on works of literature that were — and, in some cases, still are — officially unavailable
LARB EditorialSep 27, 2020
We Had Witnessed an Exhibition: On Thomas Doherty’s “Little Lindy Is Kidnapped”
Chris Yogerst reviews Thomas Doherty’s cultural history of the Lindbergh kidnapping.
Chris YogerstSep 24, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- History
Nixon’s Frown
Amit Chaudhuri on recently unearthed tapes of remarks Nixon made about South Asian women.
Amit ChaudhuriSep 24, 2020
- History
- Politics
Key Island
A newly translated study of the vicissitudes of European immigration to the United States.
Magdalena MiecznickaSep 22, 2020
- Around the World
- History