California: The Not-So Golden State
Blessed with beauty and wealth, California fails to come to terms with its past.
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New Orleans: The Bubble and the Big Easy
The unusual circumstances of the founding of New Orleans have had lasting impact on its culture.
Justice in an Unjust World
The untold story of African-Americans’ civil cases in the segregated South.
On the Streets of New York City
The pushcarts of the Lower East Side epitomised New York’s bustling immigrant community. The drive to Americanise brought about their demise and changed the streets forever.
Practical Philosophy and Benjamin Franklin
Long before he helped to draft the Declaration of Independence, Franklin was a printer, an inventor and a philosopher.
The Savagery and Civility of the Thanksgiving Feast
A celebrated image of the first Thanksgiving presents an idealised view of a troubled relationship.
Let Them Eat Meat
Faced with an extortionate rise in the price of kosher meat, Jewish women in New York’s Lower East Side employed protest tactics borrowed from the radical political movements that prospered in their neighbourhood.
The Alaska Purchase
The deal to buy Alaska from Russia was signed on 30 March 1867.
The Story of Native North America
This panoramic study of Native North American history has remarkable honesty and scope.
America's First Nation
In the absence of a European democratic model, the Founding Fathers turned to the apparently perfect state of the Iroquois Five Nations as a template for a federal United States, combining the best of both worlds.