A look at the 19th century Ice Age and how air conditioning shaped history. The genesis of the frozen water trade and the clever uses of ice developed to win over a skeptical public. Also, mechanical ...

Sign up for our Wine Club today. Did you know you can support The Nation by drinking wine? As the British political establishment rushes blindly toward the Gadarene ...

Survivors received “fever passes” that certified their immunity, allowing them increased freedom of movement at a time when a substantial portion of the population was being held under strict ...

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 ...

Patient memoirs of 19th-century asylums tell the good, the bad, and the ugly from the early days of institutional mental health treatment. Before and after photos show women who were given the rest ...

Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the 19th century. Robin Blackburn’s sweeping history of slavery and freedom in the 19th century. Robin Blackburn is undoubtedly one of the ...

There’s one question I get every time I give a talk. I’m a curator of political history at the Smithsonian Institution, and when I discuss the deep history of political division in our country, ...

Fashion experts explain that survival bias can often account for it seeming that there were only smaller sizes in the past.

Editor’s Note: Jack Becker is the editor of Caprock Chronicles and is a Librarian Emeritus from Texas Tech University. He can be reached at jack.becker@ttu.edu. Today’s article about mustangs on the ...