Let Them Have Debt: Money and the French Revolution
Spang’s Stuff and Money makes a powerful argument that politics and the economy were intimately linked in determining the French Revolution’s course.
History
"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw
Putting an End to It All: Understanding Suicide
Marzio Barbagli, a professor of sociology, has produced a bundle of findings collected over 14 years of studying the act of self-killing.
Who’s That Man?
Wil Haygood gives a dramatic account of Thurgood Marshall's nomination to the Supreme Court in his book "Showdown."
Why the Pilgrims Wore Beer Goggles
It’s a good time to rethink US history. So why not look at the role of alcohol? Cheever her new book asks who was loaded, and why did it matter?
Imagining the “Other”
Nazi propagandists instrumentalized and distorted Turkey for the political purposes of the Third Reich.
Human Google
A review of Wayne A. Wiegand's "Part of Our Lives: A People's History of the American Public Library."
A Courageous Man: An Interview with John Carlos
David Davis interviews John Carlos, the 1968 Summer Olympics track athlete whose Black Power salute caused much political controversy.
From the Globe to the Brain and Back
Few subjects seem, at first glance, as detached from historical study, or indeed from one another, as globalization and the neurosciences.
Body of Work: The Dying Philosopher
The scene of the philosopher's death is a reminder that what is most precious — our life — is also the most fragile.
The Peppery Napoleon Who Once Led China
How Deng Xiaoping initiated the "reform and opening" that with remarkable speed yielded the Chinese colossus that we see today.
My Story, Mystery: A Letter to Hild of Whitby
A letter to one of the most powerful women of the Middle Ages: Hilda of Whitby.
A Reporter at Wit’s End: The Firebombing of Japan, “The New Yorker,” and St. Clair McKelway
"The New Yorker" editors were delighted to find they had a reporter working, living, and relaxing with the commanders and the bomber crews destroying Japan.
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