History Today

Michael Langley describes how Park’s second journey of exploration down the River Niger was ended by his mysterious death at Bussa.

Ironically, from his lofty, paternal point of view, Lord Curzon became one of the prime architects of Indian independence.

From the fifteenth century until the present day, under both British and Indian rulers, write George Woodcock, the Sikhs of the Punjab have made their distinctive contribution to Hindu civilization.

Henry I. Kurtz describes how many of the outstanding problems between Britain and the United States were settled by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842.

After many negotiations and much pressure, the Russians acquired from China the Amur Provinces of Eastern Siberia.

During the European “Age of Reason,” a philosopher Emperor guided Chinese destinies.

Burnard Selby visits the island of Taiwan, describing its landscape and people, as well as explaining its history.

E.E.Y. Hales outlines the theories of and challenges to the British socialist historian and philosopher.

E.E.Y. Hales outlines the theories of and challenges to the British socialist historian and philosopher.

Between 1886 and 1889, writes John Roberts, an ambitious soldier, taking advantage of a “vague aspiration toward national regeneration”, seemed to come near to destroying the Republic in France.