Tag: 19th Century

Misdiagnosing the Problem: Stefanos Geroulanos’s The Invention of Prehistory

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“Let Them Enforce It:” Ignoring Supreme Court Decisions in American History

Samuel Worcester, the principled missionary who endured imprisonment and torture to spark one of the most famously-ignored Supreme Court opinions in American history

The Case Against Secession: How Democracy Works

Tunnel Vision: Rachel Chrastil’s Bismarck’s War

Making History, Marking History IX: The Historical Anniversaries of 2026

Battle of Panipat, fought 500 years ago today, April 20, 1526. Illustration from the Baburnama, a 1598 epic poetic recounting of the deeds of the founder of the Mughal Empire, Babur.

Founding Novices: Wishful Thinking and Misguided Assumptions in the Early American Republic

Book Club: Jill Lepore’s We the People

Private Fictions: Steven Knight’s House of Guinness

National Monolith? The Conundrum of Regional Variance and Local Government in Historical Gaming