Roads Less Taken
Two excellent studies highlight the commonality of gay and lesbian experience in Britain and Germany over the past century and a half.
History Today
The Wolf Must Be in the Woods
The real and mythical dangers of the wilderness.
Imperial Designs: Cromwell's Conquest of Jamaica
The Lord Protector’s move on Jamaica transformed Britain’s early empire.
A (Working) Woman’s Place
As the Industrial Revolution wrought widespread social changes, female cotton industry workers’ lives changed dramatically.
The Limits of Nationhood
In the interwar period, France and Germany worked towards an integrated Europe.
On the Spot: Paul M. Cobb
We ask leading historians 20 questions on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on the Tudors ...
Portrait of the Author as a Historian: Svetlana Alexievich
Attempting to recover the human experience of Communism in the post-Soviet era, a Belarusian investigative journalist found pessimistic nostalgia in place of hope for the future.
Edward Gibbon: Ambition, Style and Sacrifice
The challenges that Gibbon faced remain much the same for historians today.
Bootlegger’s Map of the United States, 1926
An illustrated map of the US responded to Prohibition with puns.
Russia's Grassroots Revolution
Underneath the sweeping history of the Russian Revolution is another story, one told through the lesser-known people, moments and objects of a world in transformation.