Category: History

February 9, 2016

Reddit AMA With Richard W. Bulliet

Read an excerpt from a Reddit AMA by Richard W. Bulliet, author of THE WHEEL: INVENTIONS AND REINVENTIONS.

January 22, 2016

Shirley Hazzard's Introduction to Geoffrey Scott's THE PORTRAIT OF ZÉLIDE

Shirley Hazzard discusses Zélide, a fascinating character from the eighteenth century perhaps best known for her romantic connections to James Boswell and Benjamin Constant, in this excerpt from WE NEED SILENCE TO FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK: SELECTED ESSAYS!

January 15, 2016

The Press and Authority — Roy J. Harris, author of "Pulitzer's Gold"

Roy J. Harris, author of “Pulitzer’s Gold,” on the lessons of “Spotlight”

January 14, 2016

All the Editor's Men — Pulitzer's Gold and Watergate

Roy J. Harris examines the legacy and mythology behind the Washington Post’s coverage of Watergate.

January 13, 2016

Ponzi's Scam Exposed! — An Excerpt from Pulitzer's Gold

Read an excerpt from “Pulitzer’s Gold: A Century of Public Service Journalism,” by Roy J. Harris Jr.

January 12, 2016

An Interview with Roy J. Harris, author of "Pulitzer's Gold"

Roy J. Harris discusses the history of the Public Service Journalism prize and its impact on journalism and American society.

December 11, 2015

Mary Helen Washington Receives Honorable Mention for MLA Award

Congratulations to Mary Helen Washington, whose book “The Other Blacklist: The African American Literary and Cultural Left of the 1950s,” received an honorable mention for the competition for the Modern Language Association’s William Sanders Scarborough Prize for an Outstanding Scholarly Study of Black American Literature.

November 25, 2015

Forget the Turkey! Doughnuts!

A look at the early history of Thanksgiving as celebrated in New York City.

November 13, 2015

A Chronology of State Making and Capitalist Development in China

Read an excerpt from Ho-fung Hung’s chronology of the development of both capitalism and the state in China from the 16th to the 21st centuries from THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 12, 2015

Political Uncertainties in Post-miracle China

Read “Political Uncertainties in Post-miracle China,” an article by Ho-fung Hung, author of THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 11, 2015

China Steps Back

Read “China Steps Back,” an article by Ho-fung Hung, author of THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD.

November 10, 2015

Sinomania and Capitalism

Read an excerpt from “Sinomania and Capitalism,” the introduction to THE CHINA BOOM: WHY CHINA WILL NOT RULE THE WORLD, by Ho-fung Hung.