Nobel laureates James Robinson, Joel Mokyr explored origins of the modern economy with Harris and Booth colleagues at recent ...

Answers to the question about the lessons of history generally oscillate between two extremes. One is summed up in the 1905 aphorism of the Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana: “Those who ...

A new posthumous collection from David McCullough, "History Matters," has just been published. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jon Meacham and Dorie McCullough Lawson about it. DAVID MCCULLOUGH: Good ...

NB: The book itself is available on Libcom here. A review of a book by a libertarian Marxist sympathetic to anarchism who analyses four revolutions in the 20th century and discusses their lessons This ...

Does history repeat itself? That hoary question is examined by Will and Ariel Durant in The Lessons of History and then answered obviously in the negative. “There is no certainty that the future will ...

Sixth graders connect classroom lessons on the Tulsa Race Massacre with a field trip to historic sites in Tulsa.

DAVID MCCULLOUGH: Good evening. I'm David McCullough, and this is the first program in "The American Experience." SIMON: David McCullough wrote huge, bestselling books that range from the Johnstown ...