Quotidian Genealogy

I reckon it among my felicities, " Franklin told his Scottish friend Kames, "That I can set my own razor and shave myself perfectly well, in which I have a daily pleasure, and avoid the uneasiness o...

If you're studying the American Revolution, the book The American Revolution: The global struggle for national independence by Brendan Morrissey is a great resource. It has  newly-created maps showin...

For a time, I was influenced by reading things I'd not read before about the causes of the Civil War so that I came to believe that states' rights was the main issue and that slavery was only one way ...