How Horses Shaped the Mughal Empire
The quest for powerful horses reshaped trade and diplomacy across early modern South Asia.
Caste and Culture in Kolkata’s Chinese Leather Trade
In eastern Kolkata, a Hakka Chinese community carved out an economic niche in leather production amid stigma surrounding purity and caste hierarchy.
The Long History of High-Tech Border Policing
In the 1970s, sensors and computers turned the US–Mexico border into a testing ground for automated control.
Building Brasília
A twentieth-century experiment in urban planning promised progress—but carried immense financial and human costs.
Celebrating Women’s History Month
Celebrate Women’s History Month with JSTOR Daily. We hope you’ll find the stories below a valuable resource for classroom or leisure reading.
Defying Slave Hunters in Boston’s Courts
A dramatic 1836 courtroom escape shows how Black women challenged slave hunters—and Boston’s elite.
The Wedding Ritual Where Brides Wept in Song
In southern China, weddings once began with a ritual that let brides speak the unspeakable.
When Profit Met Protest in Colonial New York
Economic self-interest shaped how New Yorkers responded to British taxes and imperial crackdowns.
How Gender Discrimination Works at Work
A study of employment discrimination cases reveals how bias operates through workplace rules.
Drought and Indigenous Migration in the American Midwest
In the seventeenth century, life at the prairie–forest edge was dynamic, unstable, and deeply shaped by climate.