At the dawn of the 19th century, Philadelphia, having served as the nation’s capital, was well established as America’s ...
In the 1840s, John Lloyd Stephens and Frederick Catherwood studied Maya civilization with the best technology the 19th century had to offer: compelling words and captivating artwork captured during a ...
In the 19th century, “artisans of the brain” flooded to office jobs to prove themselves.
Back in the 19th century, when tractors were still pulled by horses and the word “computer” meant a person hired to carry out tedious calculations, climate science made front-page news. One European ...
Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Stories about the crisis of journalism almost always begin with a now-familiar tale of technological disruption. First the ...
“La Réception au Château,” a meticulous framed oil on canvas depicting lavishly attired guests reveling by the water outside a grand country home, painted by nineteenth-century French artist Adrien ...
In recent years, a series of publications, anthologies and documentaries have revived the figure of the 19th century English woman traveller. On screen we can also see their lives adapted to ...
On February 10, 1835, two women from West Yorkshire, England, tucked into a plum pudding to celebrate the first anniversary of their secret marriage. Around one year earlier, Anne Lister and Ann ...
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