Trump has embraced James K. Polk and William McKinley as avatars of his effort to return the United States to a bygone era, ...

Lee’s surrender at Appomattox—dramatically illustrates the dangers of letting myth substitute for accurate history. For ...

Nineteenth-century America permitted virtually unimpeded flows of capital and labor—a key to economic prosperity.

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the ...

Frederic Bastiat is an often unsung hero of 19th-century economic thought. His lessons on freedom and trade are timeless and ...

In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...

New research shows that when the whaling industry in the US produced more products, the proportion of slaves also declined in ...