…B. Krueger, Economic Scene, NY Times, August 2001: . . . In her book …, [Emma Rothschild, director of the Center for History and Economics at King’s College, Cambridge] argues that…

…the nineteenth-century Ontario diet. Ontario has a short growing season and a long winter (much longer in the nineteenth century), so the diet was wildly variable. In the spring, the…

…gazed at Sun City, I was seeing the embodiment of the U.S. government’s greatest 20th-century domestic achievement: the near elimination of destitution among the elderly. By 1977, the poverty rate…

…reversed. The structure of the grocery industry has been a matter of national concern since the rise of large retail chains in the early 20th century. The largest was A&P, which,…

…Clergy and Judges Have Fallen the Most in the Long-Term The long-term trends paint a slightly different picture, reflecting broader political and societal changes this century. From the time Gallup…

…Trump into the presidency. He’s doing their work. A half-century ago, when America had a large and growing middle class, those on the “left” wanted stronger social safety nets and…

…a century after the Scopes monkey trial spotlighted the clash between science and religion,” The Conversation The 1925 Scopes trial, in which a Dayton, Tennessee, teacher was charged with violating…

…national concern since the rise of large retail chains in the early 20th century. The largest was A&P, which, by the 1930s, was rapidly supplanting local grocery stores and edging…

…read well over 100 histories and biographies that cover the 20th century in America and the west. Of course, 20th century US history is bound up with European history, which…

…of arrogance. In the early years of the twenty-first century, the Bush-Cheney Administration invaded Afghanistan and Iraq as if it were the nineteenth-century — saw war as a solution. Misunderstood,…