In this slim, dense volume, historian Lukacs (History and the Human Condition) delivers an insightful overview of the “historical” 20th century, a span beginning in 1914 with WWI and ending in 1989 ...

Over a feverish 10-day period, scientists synthesized and described a new class of carbon molecules, called buckminster ...

November 11 holds a significant place in world history, marking events that have shaped nations, cultures, and the course of ...

To celebrate its 40th anniversary, Reporters Without Borders (RSF)   is transferring its archives to La Contemporaine, a library, archive and museum of  20th and 21st century history, based in a ...

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"Until you step off the train, you’re in 1948," said the conductor, as a group of women dressed to the nines in colorful suits, dresses and veiled hats climbed onboard, emphasizing his point. For 65 ...

I can no longer think of Carmel without thinking of abortion — and Nora May French. For this, I blame the U.S. Supreme Court, and literary scholar Catherine Prendergast’s searing 2021 book, “The ...