Philip Curtin: The Image of Africa
During the late 18th and 19th centuries, an African image developed in Europe based on the reports of explorers and the biases of the...
Effects of Racism from Richard Wright’s Black Boy
In his fictionalized autobiography, Black Boy, Richard Wright recounts his life growing up in the Jim Crow South. Throughout the book, Wright unfolds a...
Michelle Moran: Madame Tussaud
In Michelle Moran's latest novel, Marie Grosholtz, known to history as Madame Tussaud, experiences the unspeakable horrors of the French Revolution.
Marie Grosholtz's uncanny ability...
Hear the Lonesome Whistle Blow Book Review
Dee Brown takes the reader back to the beginning of the railroad when the Iron Horse was in direct competition with the canals, such...
When it Happened in Britain A Very Quick History
A tour through Britain's history, from Roman times to the present day, with accounts of monarchs, plagues, battles, and the fascinating characters of the...
Stephen Howe – Anticolonialism in British Politics
Stephen Howe's 1993 book studies the anticolonial movement in Britain following World War I and highlights the successes and failures of the movement.
In Stephen...
Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol and the Freemasons
Dan Brown's novel "The Lost Symbol" sends Robert Langdon on a quest to uncover the secrets of the Masons. The society of Freemasons has...
Niall Ferguson – Empire – Review
Niall Ferguson argues that the British Empire was an overall good entity and today's modern world needs another nation to step up and be...
Larry Gara’s Liberty Line, a Critical Assessment
Larry Gara's Liberty Line, published in 1961, is unquestionably the most influential book on the Underground Railroad of the last 50 years.
Liberty Line, Its...
The Loneliness of Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great and the Loneliness of Power, by Ernst Badian, paints a picture of Alexander the Great that focuses not on his military...