History Today

New US equality laws in the 1960s meant a revolution in journalism, as the women of the press fought for their place.

Reparations paid by the Chinese to the US following the Boxer Rebellion were used to open Tsinghua University in Beijing on 11 April, 1911.

A multi-authored and beautifully illustrated volume endeavours to find detailed answers to complex questions about modern Chinese history.

Deeply researched, thoughtfully considered and vividly written, this serious history of the violence of the English challenges assumptions and ill-considered assertions.

Although Britain is separated from France by a shared ‘sleeve’ of water, the Channel retains its power both as a border and a route to freedom.

The Oxford English Dictionary, a continuously evolving monument to a global language, now has a history of its own.

Chaos and crisis in over two millennia of French winemaking.

Though destined to become the standard work on Frederick I for decades to come, a new study of the German prince fails to illuminate what motivated his Italian campaigns.

The stethoscope revolutionised medicine, but it also provoked anxieties about the unfamiliar sounds it revealed.