Rethinking the Evolving Historiography of Richard M. Nixon
June 14, 2017
Irwin F. Gellman— The state of current scholarship on Richard Nixon requires me to state, at the outset, that I am neither for nor against him. My purpose in writing… READ MORE
Tag: American history
A History of Things That Go Bump in the Night
November 22, 2016
On this special Halloween edition of the podcast, cultural historian Leo Braudy, author of Haunted, sat down with us to talk about the history of monsters and other scary creatures…. READ MORE
Evading the FBI: The Weather Underground Organization
October 26, 2016
Arthur Eckstein— Weatherman—the Weather Underground Organization—was the most famous group of young people committed to revolutionary violence to emerge out of the late 1960s. In protest of American racism and… READ MORE
The Founders’ Case for an Activist Government
October 22, 2016
The long-held belief that the Declaration of Independence calls for a small government may not be an accurate assessment. Historian Steve Pincus, author of The Heart of the Declaration: The… READ MORE
Declaration for Government
October 10, 2016
Steve Pincus— America’s Founders created a dynamic and activist government. This contrasts radically with the standard popular interpretation. With an almost unanimous voice scholars have claimed that America’s Founding constituted… READ MORE
Misunderstanding Lincoln: The Art of Wishful Thinking about Great Leaders
February 12, 2016
James West Davidson— We expect too much of our presidents. Especially at this season, when we honor the two chiefs universally acknowledged as our finest. That Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays… READ MORE
Behind the Myth of Daniel Boone
December 1, 2015
Honor Sachs— In the early 1850s, artist George Caleb Bingham painted a now-iconic image of Daniel Boone leading a party of white families through the Cumberland Gap to Kentucky. In… READ MORE
American History in Under Three Minutes
November 12, 2015
Want to know more about American history but just don’t have the time? Here’s the history of the United States of America in under three minutes. Check out the video and… READ MORE
A Conversation with James West Davidson
September 14, 2015
Throughout the week, we’re celebrating the tenth anniversary of the Little History series. We’re kicking things off with the latest book, A Little History of the United States, which comes… READ MORE
How Our Economic Hard Times are Breeding Social Anxiety
July 25, 2014
Follow @guardian_clark Exploring “Where is the Money?” in the current economic crisis also begs the question “what is the human cost of the financial slump?” Acclaimed journalist Tom Clark investigates… READ MORE
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