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“Diaspora” as a Creative and Historical Force
Review of The Apache Diaspora: Four Centuries of Displacement and Survival, by Paul Conrad (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021)
… made an argument that the Comanche past constituted an “empire.” Benjamin Madley, Jeffrey Ostler, and others saw …
Japan’s Meiji Restoration
Japan’s Meiji Restoration, or Meiji Ishin, occurred on January 3, 1868, and marked the return of the Japanese emperor to a position of power for the first time in more than 500 years.
Remembering Roman Emperor Augustus
Augustus had an almost unmatched impact on Roman politics, culture, and society and—through the widespread influence of Rome—on the way modern countries structure and imagine themselves.
… politics of Republican Rome and ushered in the Roman Empire. Written by Brendan McCarthy. Narration by Dr. …
Best in History Online: Dan Snow's History Hit
… his father. Since then, Snow has forged an online history empire on Twitter , Facebook , and through the development …
The Versailles Treaty Fight
… vast, baroque Clock Room of the Quai d’Orsay, the Second Empire-style headquarters of the French Foreign Ministry in …
3/25/2015: At the Movies: "Birth of a Nation" After 100 Years
… figure who ultimately attempts to establish a “Black Empire” in the broken south. Protagonist Austin Stoneman’s …
The Story of Poinsettia Day and U.S.-Mexico Relations
In the late 1820s, Joel Roberts Poinsett introduced the poinsettia plant to Americans, who marveled at its foliage.
… Mexico, 2011). Jay Sexton, The Monroe Doctrine: Empire and Nation in Nineteenth-Century America (New York: …
Julius Caesar Crosses the Rubicon
… son Octavian to become the first emperor of the Roman Empire. Considering what was to come, the crossing of the …
Why Afghanistan Will Not Be a Quagmire
… price. In the nineteenth century, the British and Russian empires were competing for dominance in the Near East. …
Democracy by Force, or by Example?
… “not by embarking in a military crusade to establish the empire of our principles . . . but by the moral influence of …
A Sheep in Sheep’s Clothing
Review of Clement Attlee: The Man Who Made Modern Britain, by John Bew (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2017).
From Dixie to the Third Reich
Review of Hitler’s American Model: The United States and the Making of Nazi Race Law, by James Q. Whitman (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017)
A New Deal Prescription for Gordon Gekko
… people. Then, in the late 1920s and early 1930s, the empires they had built like a house of cards collapsed. …
