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The Conspiracy of Free Trade: Interview with Marc-William Palen
Marc-William Palen's new book The "Conspiracy" of Free Trade: The Anglo-American Struggle over Empire and Economic Globalisation, 1846-1896 is relevant not only to historians of imperialism, capitalism, and economics, but to the 2016 American presidential primary election. Once again, free trade has become a central campaign issue during a presidential election. Read more...
Did the Battle of Fredericksburg Change the Identities of Irish Soldiers?
During the American Civil War, the Battle of Fredericksburg was but one meeting ground of Irish immigrants from both the Union and Confederacy. Once fellow countrymen, these soldiers were forced to assume new perspectives on their identities amidst the chaos of war. The ability to consider themselves Irish immigrants vanished when they donned a blue or gray uniform. Read more...
19th Century Overview of United States History Top Ten Booklist
These books each cover a specific aspect or period of the 19th Century. This list is not meant to be comprehensive, but it is designed to give you an overview of the entire century. Each of these books has an extremely wide scope and broad ambitions. Read more...
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How did botched abortions spur the push for medical licensing in 19th Century?
In 1872, American medicine was completely unregulated. Up until that point nothing had occurred to galvanize support for medical licensing until the summer of 1872. Read more...
Angels of the Underground: Interview with Theresa Kaminski
The Oxford University Press recently published Theresa Kaminski's Angels of the Underground: The American Women who Resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II. Kaminski's book follows the lives of four American women who were stranded in the Philippines after Japan invaded during World War II. Publishers Weekly described her book as a "fast-paced true story" that documents how these women resisted Japanese occupation. Read more...
What was the evolution of water technologies like?
The history of water use and technologies to bring water to human societies is long, particularly in some of the world's most arid regions where human settled societies first began. Technologies of water also evolved as other technologies developed and social organization and states changed. While we often think of Roman aqueducts as a great marvel, which they were, other complex water technologies, just as complex, existed before. Read more...
Did multi-cultural societies become widely accepted in ancient history?
Multicultural societies are today common and ubiquitous, but when did such societies become not only normal or typical but accepted or even celebrated? Most likely, multi-cultural societies begin to evolve early in prehistory, as ethnic groups migrated to regions and integrated into existing societies. However, we rarely see multiculturalism celebrated until much later in historical periods when large states became the norm. Read more...
Articles
Articles are wiki pages with history essays written by our experts and your contributions.
- Why did the United States start the Mexican American War
- What Caused The Economic Panic Of 1837
- Why did Andrew Jackson want to destroy the Bank of the United States
- Why did the United States begin directly electing Senators in 1913
- How did Mussolini Rise to Power as the Dictator of Italy
- Why did Germany lose the Battle of Stalingrad
- What were Joseph Stalin's goals as World War Two ended
- How historically accurate is the Gladiator
- How Historically Accurate is season 1 of Versailles
- What Role Did the Canaanites Play in the Bronze Age Near East
- What Are the Origins of the Germanic Tribes
- How did William the Conqueror and the Normans win at the Battle of Hastings in 1066
- How Did the God Baal Become Popular
- Who was Theseus the great Athenian king and hero
- What convinced Americans during the 1918 Flu Pandemic to wear masks
Interviews
These are our interviews with historians discussing their new books.
- Make It Rain: Interview with Kristine C. Harper
- American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg
- Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara
- Primed for Violence in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynski
- American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony Gregory
- Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert
- Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff
- Fate of the Revolution: Interview with Lorri Glover
- The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin
- Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby
- Engineering Victory during the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.
- Shantytown, USA: Interview with Lisa Goff
- Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Travers
- The Conspiracy of Free Trade: Interview with Marc-William Palen
- Angels of the Underground: Interview with Theresa Kaminski
Booklists
Includes both Expert and User created Top Ten History Booklists.
- Top Ten Books on Napoleon Bonaparte
- Top Ten Books on Los Angeles History
- Top Ten Books on the History of Reconstruction
- Top Ten Books on the Bubonic Plague
- Top Ten Books on The Medici Family during the Renaissance
- Top Ten Books on Julius Caesar
- Top Ten Books from the Oxford Battle Series
- Top Ten Booklist on Joseph Stalin
- Great Gifts for History Lovers 2018
- Top Ten History of Voting Rights Booklist
- New Kingdom Ancient Egypt Top Ten Booklist
- Ancient Egypt’s Third Intermediate and Late Periods Top Ten Booklist
- Top Ten War Books that were turned into Movies
- Great Gifts for History Lovers 2017
- Ten Essential Books Pertaining to the Holocaust
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- The Junto
- Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society
- Process: A Blog for American History
- Legal History Blog
- Balkinization
- Cooking in the Archives
- We're History
- Real Clear History
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- National Museum of American History
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- Johns Hopkins University Press Blog
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