Modern-day gender ratios are linked to countries’ agricultural roots
Sebastian Edwards brings to life a widely forgotten chapter of U.S. history starring FDR, his no-name economist and the demise of the gold standard
The link between environmental stability and cultural change explains why cultures evolve
Smartphone data reveals that wait times at the polls are much longer for black people
Claiming victimhood of a different sort — say, concerning free speech — seen as more effective in silencing criticism
History’s Encyclopédie subscribers are matched to grievances against the monarchy
In pre-World War II Germany, sports clubs became a vehicle to spread Nazism
Immigrants show saving tendencies that carry through several generations
The benefit to students increases over time
Post-World War II Poland provides a unique setting to study mobility and success
Leaders of a failed 1848 revolt are followed to towns across the U.S.
Cultural norms — reading and the calendar — affect native English-speakers’ motioning constructs
Nico Voigtländer found that to combat arbitrary taxes and corruption, merchants persuaded the king to cede control
Using voting records from a unique transition in the 19th-century Caribbean, Christian Dippel examines the embrace of self-interest by new legislators
Using parish records, researchers examine fundamental changes in society following the French Revolution