California citrus growers drew on mass-printing techniques and advances in color lithography to create distinctive brands for their boxes.

Consumer debt shapes American lives so thoroughly that it seems eternal and immortal, but it’s actually relatively new to the financial world.

Same-sex marriages, in all possible configurations and with all possible motivations, have taken place throughout the history of the United States.

The Nobel Laureate drew on a centuries-old legend when he put the Fisher King in The Waste Land.

Poplar—ubiquitous in timber, landscape design, and Indigenous medicines—holds new promise in recuperating damaged ecosystems.

Twenty years ago, scholar W. D. Williams predicted the loss of salt lakes around the world.

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In 1884, educator Jane Groom defied naysayers to found a community for working-class Deaf people on prairies of Manitoba.

Black-appeal stations were instrumental in propelling R&B into the mainstream while broadcasting news of the ever-growing civil rights movement.

Spiritism appealed to Iranian intellectuals who sought to reconcile their commitment to science with their pursuit of moral reform.