Local History

Traditionally, Devon was seen as unimportant because of its distance from London and its bad roads lesser, it was thought, than the historical cap...

On many Sundays, Black New Orleanians dance through city streets in Second Lines. These processions invite would-be spectators to join in, groovin...

Tom Gola is a Philadelphia Big Five basketball icon. He led La Salle to the NIT championship in 1952 and the NCAA championship in 1954, and holds t...

Cumbria is a land built from stone.Whether it is Hadrian's Wall, Kendal Castle or the beautiful fells of the Lake District for thousands of years ...

Bourton on the Water: An Illustrated Guide is written by Paul Snowdon. This beautifully handrawn guide to this famous Cotswold village brings alive...

In Word Across the Water, Tom Smith brings the histories of Hawai'i and the Philippines together to argue that US imperial ambitions towards these ...

In Word Across the Water, Tom Smith brings the histories of Hawai'i and the Philippines together to argue that US imperial ambitions towards these ...

In The Roots of Flower City, Camden Burd explores the economic and ecological significance of Rochester plant nurserymen over the course of the nin...

In Spiritualism's Place, four friends and scholars who produce the acclaimed Dig: A History Podcast, share their curiosity and enthusiasm for uncov...

Why did Scots in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries know so little about their past and even less about those who controlled their history? Is ...

Your guide to the remarkable history, and ongoing popularity, of cider in the Commonwealth A cultural phenomenon with surprisingly deep roots, cide...

The extent and frequency of coal-mining disasters was far less during the twentieth century compared with the Victorian times, especially after the...

Yorkshire is a county of enormous contrasts. Outside its large urban centres, its villages represent a way of life that often feels unchanging. The...

Cornwall has a special literary heritage. Its writers and poets seem to come from its rich, deep and ancient rock formations, unique geology and pr...

The first comprehensive biography of Philadelphias Henry C. Lea (18251909): historian, publisher, political activist, and reformer Writing in 1868,...