View of the Tambora volcano across the water
World History

Tambora: The Volcano Felt Around the World

Tambora's explosion was one of the largest volcanic events in recorded history.
Framed photograph of a woman in red
Social History

Historian Elizabeth A. Fenn on the Mandans

Early work from historian Elizabeth A. Fenn.
Signage reading, "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone."
Politics & Government

Civil Rights and Private Property Rights

The connection between civil rights and private property rights as they play out in the 1960s and now.
gravestone
Social History

The Genealogy Factor: Graveyards & Gravestones

This is the first in a series of columns by Genealogy Roadshow host Josh Taylor about doing genealogical research on JSTOR.
A landscape of dust with sparse patches of grass
U.S. History

Revising Dust Bowl Myths

Charles J. Shindo attempts to revise common myths about the "Dust Bowl"
Franz Mesmer
World History

Mesmerizing Jonathan Miller

Read a 2001 Keynote Address from comedian and scholar Jonathan Miller from the Social Research conference on Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815).
Backgammon game in progress
Quirky History

The Erotics of Backgammon

James E. Doan reveals the sexual innuendoes and double-entendres based on Backgammon.
Police officer directing traffic behind a Do Not Cross line
Politics & Government

Do Police Deter Crime?

Is there a connection between larger police forces and lower crime rates?
Civil War cannon
U.S. History

An End to All Hell: 150th Anniversary of the Civil War’s End

The 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War.
Preserved corpse of Jeremy Bentham in a glass cabinet
World History

No Foolin’: Jeremy Bentham’s Auto-Icon

There is a curious display in a glass-fronted cabinet at University College London. It's Jeremy Bentham (1748-1832) .