Subject: History
Life on the Mississippi
A modern-day Huck Finn, Buck casts off down the river on the flatboat Patience accompanied by an eccentric crew of daring shipmates. Over the course […]
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We Are the Troopers
Amid a national backdrop of the call to pass the Equal Rights Amendment, the National Women’s Football League was founded as something of a gimmick. […]
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The Third Reconstruction
One of our preeminent historians of race and democracy argues that the period since 2008 has marked nothing less than America’s Third Reconstruction. In The […]
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Asian American Histories of the United States
An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history. Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of […]
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American Demon
American Demon is a historical true crime starring legendary lawman Eliot Ness. Boston had its Strangler. California had the Zodiac Killer. And in the depths […]
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Black Ghost of Empire
The 1619 Project illuminated the ways in which every aspect of life in the United States was and is shaped by the existence of slavery. […]
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O Say Can You Hear?
In O Say Can You Hear? Mark Clague brilliantly weaves together the stories of the song and the nation it represents. Examining the origins of […]
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Democracy’s Data
The census isn’t simply data; it’s a ritual of American democracy. And behind every neat grid of numbers is a messy, human story—you just have […]
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Free Speech
In Free Speech, Jacob Mchangama traces the riveting legal, political, and cultural history of this idea. Through captivating stories of free speech’s many defenders–from the […]
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A Brief History of Equality
Thomas Piketty guides us with elegance and concision through the great movements that have made the modern world for better and worse: the growth of […]
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