Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

A new exhibition documents American photography's first 70 years, exploring the US during a period of immense social, ...

The 19th century was marked by the rise of the nation-state — a ... In 1992, historian Frances Fukuyama infamously declared ...

Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...

Led entirely by women, the American Female Moral Reform Society gave material aid to those in need and pushed for men to be ...

in the 19th century, examples of queer lives from the stage profession are difficult to find. I’m a theatre historian at the University of Warwick, and for queer history month in February ...

Only three miles from Main Street in downtown Breckenridge there is a backcountry trailhead that follows the colorful town’s ...

Brandes considers the Polish striving for freedom as one of the important elements of the Polish national character but also an important element of 19th-century history: Everywhere in Europe where ...

DAG has grouped the artworks into three primary categories: natural history, architecture, and Indian manners and customs ...

The mid-19th century was a turbulent period in Welsh history. Popular risings and riots broke out across the country. Questions were raised in Westminster as to why the Welsh people were prone to ...