Amazing pictures of 19th century Sydney show life for women in ... immigrant Quong Tart who went from the goldfields to Sydney society He is the great-grandfather of actor Josh Quong Tart ...

The former president embodied a strain of Christianity that emphasized caring for those on the margins — but was eclipsed by the Religious Right.

This 1829 etching depicts the artist’s futuristic vision: The advance of technology leads to rapid transport, sophisticated ...

In The Other Quebec, J.I. Little - one of the foremost scholars on the Eastern Townships and on rural society in Canada - assembles seven of his essays and ... affected the rural societies in which ...

In the first half of the 19th century a new chapel was opened in Wales every eight days; however, it was in the second half of the century that the larger chapels of the industrial areas were built.

A fascinating look at how the marginal status of Jewish women enabled them to become agents of modernization in 19th-century Eastern European Jewish society. In this extraordinary volume, Iris Parush ...