History

History (from Greek ἱστορία - historia, meaning "inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation") is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians. It is a field of research which uses a narrative to examine and analyse the sequence of events, and it sometimes attempts to investigate objectively the patterns of cause and effect that determine events. Historians debate the nature of history and its usefulness. This includes discu ...more

Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
Reproductive Wrongs: A Short History of Bad Ideas About Women
Cave Mountain: A Disappearance and a Reckoning in the Ozarks
A Woman's Work: Reclaiming the Radical History of Mothering
The Dangerous Shore: How a Motley Crew of Scientists, Mobsters, Double Agents, Retirees, Volunteer Pilots (and a Boy Scout) Stopped the Invasion of America
The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control
True Color: The Strange and Spectacular Quest to Define Color—from Azure to Zinc Pink
No One’s Coming: The Rogue Heroes Our Government Turns to When There’s Nowhere Else to Turn
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Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe
Indigenous Citizens: Native Americans' Fight for Sovereignty, 1776-2025
The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
The Four Heavens: A New History of the Ancient Maya (Unearthing the Past)
Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
A Kingdom and a Village: A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow
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