The Marquis de Sade is a notorious figure in the history of the French Revolution. Some see him as a twisted, debauched lunatic who preyed on the bodies of women and children. Others see him Read more…
What happens when Communist states want to control the reproductive functions of women's bodies?
Dr. Carson was wrong in his characterization of the American slave experience. On this episode of the History Buffs Podcast, Drs. Earls and Handley-Cousins discuss the force and violence of population transfers in both the Atlantic Slave Trade and the U.S. Indian Removal Act.
Marissa and Averill discuss the wild, weird, and sometimes dangerous methods of family limitation in the pre-modern world.
Join Averill and Sarah this week as they trace the journeys of Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca , an early Spanish explorer to the southern United States.
What goes into making a border? Marissa and Katie look for the answer in the the creation of Afghanistan's borders in the late nineteenth century. It's a dramatic Victorian conflict that's still relevant today.