History

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

The Tragedy of the Pit Bull
Tucker Coombe interviews Bronwen Dickey about her new book, “Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon”.
Tucker CoombeJun 13, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- History
“Hamilton” and History’s Darkened Rooms
In an election year that has broken us into antagonistic fragments, it’s marvelous to be lured into American history by a joyous Broadway musical.
Judith Lewis MernitJun 12, 2016
- History
The Ecstatic Experience: “Hamilton,” “Hair,” and “Oklahoma!”
Miranda makes Hamilton’s story the stories of the young in the audience, the ones who feel that the future of the country is in their hands.
Laurie WinerJun 12, 2016
- History
A Stronger Constitution: Carol Berkin’s “The Bill of Rights”
Stephen Rohde reviews a book on of one of our nation’s most important political and historical documents: The Bill of Rights.
Stephen RohdeJun 11, 2016
- History
The Corpse of the Author: Literary Pilgrimage 400 Years After Cervantes
A literary pilgrimage to the Convent of the Discalced Trinitarians in Madrid, the final resting place of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.
S. J. PearceJun 9, 2016
- History
Children of the Dammed: On the St. Francis Dam Disaster
The deadliest manmade disaster of 20th-century America and the making of modern Los Angeles.
Jeffrey BurbankMay 26, 2016
- History
Movement Science
The polarized nature of the migration debate does little to advance our understanding of the issue, which is why Tara Zahra’s new book is so timely.
Benjamin CunninghamMay 24, 2016
- History
A Century of Violence: Revisiting the Armenian Genocide
A review of four books published at the centenary of the Armenian genocide.
Walter KalaidjianMay 21, 2016
- History
- Politics
From Bauhaus to Black Mountain: German Émigrés and the Birth of American Modernism
A look at the history and legacy of Black Mountain College.
Emily J. LevineMay 16, 2016
- History
The American West: A Collective Denial
Watkins raises the question: “What does a book about the West mean now?” Most stories we think of as Westerns have ignored the region’s defining tragedies.
Noah Gallagher ShannonMay 11, 2016
- History
Jane Jacobs: The Greatest Thinker of the 20th Century
One hundred things to know or wonder about Jane Jacobs on her centennial
Tom StreithorstMay 4, 2016
- History
Reclaiming What Was Lost
Daniel Slifkin reviews "Stolen Legacy", an account of Nazi theft by Dina Gold.
Daniel SlifkinMay 3, 2016
- History
- Law