Matthew Wills

Anti-Western and pro-expansionist, Eurasianists believed every country had a right to its own existence…as part of the Russian civilization.

Three US presidents from the South's borders—Truman, Eisenhower, and Johnson—worked against Southern politicians to support civil and voting rights.

The 43 BCE eruption of Alaska's Okmok volcano created the (cold) climate context for the fall of the Roman Republic and the birth of the Roman Empire.

South Asian maids and nannies journeyed to Britain by the thousands in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century with returning colonials.

In the late nineteenth century, the postcard became the ideal medium for expanding the audience for pornography, much to the concern of social elites.

The Postal Savings System offered depositors a US government-backed guarantee of security, but it was undone by for-profit private banks.

An epistolary network was critical for Darwin's work, allowing him to obtain new information while sparking fresh ideas in his correspondents' minds.

Penguin Books built on an already strong tradition of branding through cute mascot “media stars” when they introduced their cartoon bird in 1935.

Offering advice for visiting Sarasota Springs and other sights, Gideon Davison combined the travel narrative and road book to create a new type of travel guide.

In the first few years of life, children learn much from the observation of the adults around them—including their biases.