History

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

First Food, Then Morality
Germany after WWII: first food, the saying went, then morality.
Gavin JacobsonSep 28, 2016
- History
Oliver and Sarah: The Story of the Winchesters
A history of the Winchester family and fortune.
Colin DickeySep 28, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- History
Russian Invasion: On Dan Ackerman’s “The Tetris Effect”
Ian Bogost looks at the history of Tetris in Dan Ackerman's "The Tetris Effect."
Ian BogostSep 25, 2016
Picking Up the Pieces
Stephen E. Hanson on Aviezer Tucker's "The Legacies of Totalitarianism."
Stephen E. HansonSep 24, 2016
- History
- Politics
Tap Dancing: Reports of Our Death Have Been Grossly Exaggerated
Margaret Morrison reviews “What the Eye Hears: A History of Tap Dancing” by Brian Seibert.
Margaret MorrisonSep 18, 2016
- History
- Nonfiction
Biography of a Book: Zaretsky on Kaplan on Camus
Robert Zaretsky on Alice Kaplan's "Looking For 'The Stranger'."
Robert ZaretskySep 15, 2016
- Fiction
- History
Flowers and All: Rockhaven Sanitarium and Women’s Mental Health
Tiffancy Hearsey witnesses the "arrested decay" of Rockhaven Sanitarium in Glendale and reconsiders our approach to women’s mental health.
Tiffany HearseySep 15, 2016
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
Too Much and Too Little: A History of David Foster Wallace’s “The Pale King”
David Hering offers an excerpt from his new book "David Foster Wallace: Fiction and Form."
David HeringSep 14, 2016
- Fiction
- History
How Japan Invented Los Angeles — and Reinvented American Style
Colin Marshall takes the measure of “Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style” by W. David Marx.
Colin MarshallSep 12, 2016
Writing Like a State: Wendy Griswold’s “American Guides”
Donal Harris reviews Wendy Griswold’s “American Guides: The Federal Writers’ Project and the Casting of American Culture.”
Donal HarrisSep 4, 2016
- History
- Literary Criticism
Red Clowns of the Avant-Garde: On Owen Hatherley’s “The Chaplin Machine”
Tom Kohut appreciates “The Chaplin Machine” by Owen Hatherley, which offers a reevaluation of the Soviet avant-garde.
Tom KohutSep 3, 2016
Was the Black Prince Black? And Other Historical Questions
What can a biographer do when their subject is elusive? John T. Scott finds out in his review of Catherine Fletcher's "The Black Prince of Florence."
John T. ScottAug 31, 2016
- Biography & Autobiography
- History