They proudly portray alternative sexuality in the U.S. and Europe at a time when many had to hide their true feelings 'The need to keep a memory of their love was stronger than the disapproval of ...

But delve into the annals of history, and a different picture emerges, especially for the schoolchildren of Southampton in the early 20th century. Classrooms were teeming with children ...

American artist Charles R. Knight produced some of the most iconic paintings of prehistoric life to date. Several major natural history museums in the US have featured Knight’s murals: detailed, ...

By the latter half of the twentieth century, there was little room for further reduction in early and mid-life mortality. The continuing increase is due almost entirely to a new phenomenon ...

The “Pachinko” author recommends four novels that present character studies of bold women making their way in changing times.

A new study by an Oxford University researcher finds that owning a home in early adult life adds approximately four months to the lives of male Americans born in the early twentieth century.

In the 20th century, composers thought about different approaches to tonality and harmony. A number of movements developed their own harmonic languages: As well as creating extreme dissonances ...

Becoming Modern: Early 20th-Century Japan through Primary Sources offers secondary teachers seven lessons that examine a critical period in Japanese and world history: the period of Japan’s ...

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, riverboats, besides being just a form of transport, also served as mobile hubs of fun and social activity, very similar to cruise boats that are still ...