Heather Cox Richardson lives in Maine and teaches 19th-century American history at Boston College.

Crossing the Atlantic in the 1700s was no easy feat. The fastest ships could make the voyage in as little as a month, but for ...

Ancient Greek historians disagreed on the origin of the Etruscans, who deeply influenced the Ancient Romans and traded with ...

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

Singapore, Michigan was a 19th century lumber town along the Kalamazoo River in west Michigan. Here's how it became a "ghost ...

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Though mocked for their dietary and drinking habits, the group set a template for progressive reform that resonates in India ...

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Widely regarded as one of the birthplaces of modern archaeological science, the DAI pioneered the transition from indiscriminate digging at archaeological sites to the systematic excavation and ...

A new book unearths a chapter of the state’s story when anti-intellectual fundamentalism was put to good ends.