Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

During Donald Trump’s first term as president, the United States lurched from the absurdity of his lies to the use of his ...

Meanwhile, with the development of the railways in the 19th century, travelling became common and egalitarian, and those curious about the world ventured further and further afield, gaining new ...

The mid-19th century was a turbulent period in Welsh history. Popular risings and riots broke out across the country. Questions were raised in Westminster as to why the Welsh people were prone to ...

Only three miles from Main Street in downtown Breckenridge there is a backcountry trailhead that follows the colorful town’s ...

in the 19th century, examples of queer lives from the stage profession are difficult to find. I’m a theatre historian at the University of Warwick, and for queer history month in February ...

At the beginning of the century everyone was adamant that disease ... was one of the most significant advancements in medical history… Germ Theory! British boffin Joseph Lister also played ...

Though local suffrage slowly opened to women in many states, suffragists continued their fight for national voting rights through the 19th century. Mocked, jailed, beaten, and force-fed ...