The best history books help us understand who we are and ... what better to read than accounts of the origins of American populism or Vladimir Putin’s ascent to power, to give just two examples ...

A new memoir by the historian Martha S. Jones combines a trenchant analysis of race and the historical record with a homage ...

To celebrate Black History Month this year ... world. It’s one of the best books I have ever read.” And for a more recent read, Northampton reader Mike B. suggested “James” by Percival ...

This Time We Leave the Country Stripped on Blocks,” Adam Chandler’s 99% Perspiration: A New Working History of the American Way of Life can seem downright roseate in its desire to consider what work ...