History of the Americas

Writing in Life magazine in February 1941, Henry Luce memorably announced the arrival of The American Century. The phrase caught on, as did the bel...

In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities f...

Often understood as a high-minded, orderly event, the American Revolution grows in this masterful history like a ground fire overspreading Britains...

The construction trades once provided unionized craftsmen a route to the middle class and a sense of pride and dignity often denied other blue-coll...