At the beginning of the 20th century, there were 16 empires of varying size and reach. At the end of the century, there was just one: the United States. How did this happen and what role did Britain play in smoothing America’s path to global hegemony?
James K. Polk’s first State of the Union Address, on 2 December 1845, promoted the concept that the US should encompass all of North America.
Blessed with beauty and wealth, California fails to come to terms with its past.
The unusual circumstances of the founding of New Orleans have had lasting impact on its culture.
The untold story of African-Americans’ civil cases in the segregated South.
The pushcarts of the Lower East Side epitomised New York’s bustling immigrant community. The drive to Americanise brought about their demise and changed the streets forever.
Long before he helped to draft the Declaration of Independence, Franklin was a printer, an inventor and a philosopher.
A celebrated image of the first Thanksgiving presents an idealised view of a troubled relationship.
Faced with an extortionate rise in the price of kosher meat, Jewish women in New York’s Lower East Side employed protest tactics borrowed from the radical political movements that prospered in their neighbourhood.
The deal to buy Alaska from Russia was signed on 30 March 1867.
