USA

A routine Native American cattle round-up at the US-Mexico border in 1898 became an international incident.

Malibu’s 1960s Beauty Farm aimed to get a new generation of teenagers marriage-ready

On 25 June 1922 Black activist Marcus Garvey found common cause with the Imperial Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.

In 19th-century America abortion was weaponised as part of a culture war.

Canada and the US have often been uneasy neighbours; the roots of the latest political flare up can be found in their tangled history.

From a cult’s rogue personalities to its foundational ideologies, how have fringe beliefs guided the direction of the American dream?

Who were the women who fought the decisive battle against racial segregation in the American South?

In The Tafts, George W. Liebmann celebrates an American political dynasty dedicated to public service. Why are they often overlooked?

Misfit, Old West villain or tragic hero of the O.K. Corral: who was the real Doc Holliday?

In A Great Disorder: National Myth and the Battle for America, Richard Slotkin attempts to untangle the stories that the US tells itself about race, colonialism and the Civil War. Is it a lost cause?