History: Specific Events & Topics

To this day, the perception persists that China was a civilisation defeated by imperialist Britain's most desirable trade commodity, opium - a drug...

'If You Were Only White' explores the legacy of one of the most exceptional athletes ever - an entertainer extraordinaire, a daring showman and cro...

This is an iconoclastic work, based on a vast knowledge of the relevant literature and on archival materials in French, English, and Russian. It ef...

Paul du Quenoy's acclaimed book reinterprets the works and ideas of Richard Wagner and their profound influence on the artistic, intellectual, and ...

A superb history of labor on the East Coast waterfront that may be the best account we have, not only of the industry, but of any sector of labor r...

Asian Maritime Strategies explores one of the worlds most complex and dangerous maritime arenas. Asia, stretching from the Aleutian Islands to the ...

In American politics, at least since the Civil War, the great philosophical divide is between progressives and founders of the American regime. The...