Revisiting my impressions of Eric Foner's foundational book on the post Civil War period. 

A surprising story from Chinese history -- and one of those moments when everything could have turned out quite differently.

I read this classic on the Civil War over a decade ago. I wonder if my opinion of it would be different now?

When Napoleon was finally defeated for good in 1815, the Europeans fried to reset the clock. That failed, partly due to the Industrial Revolution.

Lewis Ranney writes to Henry on his return to Florence, Michigan.

Looking at a variety of applications to help me work more efficiently and thinking about connecting with work I've done in the past. 

An example from history of why monopolies (and even corporations) aren't necessarily the best way to solve some public needs. 

The number of people passing through cities in the nineteenth century was an order of magnitude greater than the change in population from one census to the next. 

Did you know that natives of the Americas invented three of today's top five staple crops? 

Another letter from Lucius to Henry Ranney, telling of a new farm and advising his brother to marry.