History

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

Hollywood! With the Reddish Tinge: Clancy Sigal’s 1950s
Anything could happen in Clancy Sigal’s 1950s.
Paul BuhleJan 5, 2017
The Cybernetic Humanities
Leif Weatherby reviews three recent books on the history of cybernetics.
Leif WeatherbyJan 2, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology
Walls, Fences, Frontiers: A Fugitive Essay
Gregory McNamee on the American frontier.
Gregory McNameeDec 30, 2016
- History
- Politics
Yosemite: A Paradise Imperiled
Scott Lankford reviews “A Sense of Yosemite.”
Scott LankfordDec 29, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- History
Dave McKean: “Black Dog”
Dave McKean, well known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, has a new book that purports to be the dream life of modernist painter Paul Nash.
Alex DuebenDec 23, 2016
- Comics
- History
Allegorical Knowledge: The Art of Alchemy
Johanna Drucker reviews two new exhibits at the Getty, “The Art of Alchemy” and “The Alchemy of Color.”
Johanna Drucker Dec 21, 2016
Limitless Achievement: On “East West Street”
Kate McLoughlin on Philippe Sands's "East West Street."
Kate McLoughlinDec 19, 2016
Now It Looks Like Camelot
Who was President Clinton? John Compton looks to Russell L. Riley's oral history "Inside the Clinton White House" to find out.
John ComptonDec 12, 2016
- History
- Politics
Up Out of the Darkness: A New History of Monsters
Colin Dickey reviews Leo Braudy’s “Haunted: Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of the Natural and Supernatural Worlds.”
Colin DickeyDec 11, 2016
- History
- Literary Criticism
Pig, Pig, Pig: Eating Spain with Matt Goulding
Matt Goulding fell in love with Spain, Spanish food, and his Spanish wife, in that order.
Samantha Reid AviñaDec 8, 2016
- Food & Drink
- History
Beyond the Pineapple Tract: Mapping Utopian Los Angeles
Bonnie Johnson explores LA’s utopian past and argues for a utopian future.
Bonnie JohnsonNov 28, 2016
No Easy Answers: Susan Rubin Suleiman on “The Némirovsky Question”
Robert Zaretsky explains that there are no easy answers in “The Némirovsky Question” by Susan Rubin Suleiman.
Robert ZaretskyNov 24, 2016
- Biography & Autobiography
- History