Americans in the 19th century thought of or spoke of their country as in Jefferson phrase -- an "empire of liberty." And the history of the United States was conceived of as part of the progress ...

Early in the 19th century, while the rapidly-growing United States expanded into the lower ... American practices such as large-scale farming, Western education, and slave-holding.

Trump signed a new executive order this month to decrease reliance on foreign lumber. The order could result in the felling of millions of trees in the U.S.

The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and ...