This week we delve into a topic we've been promising to cover for some time, the Second Great Awakening. This was the religious movement in the United States that spawned the Mormons and Adventists as well as the evangelical factions of more mainline churches. It truly was a time when American Christianity came into its own. As always, though, we'll complicate things a bit and talk about the First Great Awakening and other religious movements before the founding of the United States.
Hilary and Geoff begin a two-part series on major issues in the history of the "American West." What does that term mean? How has...
Politicians and journalists alike often claim Americans are more divided now than at any point in the nation's past. Pundits and commentators point to...
After a week off we return to our special series in honor of Black History Month. This time we discuss the two primary ways...