At the dawn of the 19th century, Philadelphia, having served as the nation’s capital, was well established as America’s ...
Was Whiskey the Backbone of 19th Century America? There's something about cracking open a bottle of good bourbon that feels ...
In the 19th century, “artisans of the brain” flooded to office jobs to prove themselves.
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 ...
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 ...
Rice was recruited by the local Democratic party to run for the Pennsylvania Senate in 1864. He ran and lost. In 1867, Rice mounted a campaign to win the 1868 Democratic nomination for president. A ...
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 ...
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 ...