Hämäläinen is Rhodes Professor of American History at Oxford University. His new book is Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America. He is also the author of The Comanche Empire, winner ...

These storied establishments served up more than just hot drinks. They acted as intellectual hubs and meeting places for ...

Evidence of colonization in the United States is stored in filing cabinets and archives of bureaucracy, and is still evident ...

Using a day-by-day progression, we guide viewers through the colonization of North America with Google Earth as our map and ...

Think you know U.S. history? These 15 “facts” you learned in school are completely wrong and the truth is even more ...

The American Colonization Society's mission was to relocate freed Black Americans to Africa. Starting in 1820, thousands of Black emigrants were shipped to what would become Liberia. The society's ...

The home at 111 West Valerio Street has one of the most varied histories of all the homes I’ve written about in this column. It’s been a boarding school for girls, a dormitory, and several different ...

“The American Revolution” is the opposite: enduring, not ephemeral. And it accomplishes what Gerbner urges: “To move past a ...