History of the Americas

One man's struggle for the ballot reveals the sacrifices of those who shaped the civil rights movement in the American South.

Tracing the metaphor of America as the Book of Revelations New Jerusalem, Yii-Jan Lin shows how apocalyptic narratives have been used to exclude un...

For nearly seven years, from 1967 to 1974, many hundreds of bright, college-going youthmost of whom had previously been labeled as high school drop...

For nearly seven years, from 1967 to 1974, many hundreds of bright, college-going youthmost of whom had previously been labeled as high school drop...

Though Latinx foodways are eagerly embraced and consumed by people across the United States, the nation exhibits a much more fraught relationship w...

Long before their country officially joined the war, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Mart...

It has long been known that Hollywood was actively involved in shaping US public opinion during World War II. Less well documented are the ways in ...

Lake Titicaca - the world's highest navigable lake - was home to some of the greatest civilizations in the ancient world. This lavishly illustrated...

Built within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks....

Western philosophers have long claimed that God, if such a being exists, is a personal force capable of reason and that the path to a good human li...