Asked what he thought of Western civilisation, Mahatma Gandhi is said to have quipped that such a thing “would be a good idea”. (The West, he suggested, was not so enlightened.) But as Josephine Quinn ...

Undergraduates need to see the forest, not just the trees. Given the sharp decline in the quantity and quality of history instruction in K-12 schools, students now more than ever need a big-picture ...

Beyond the myths cowboys and conquest, a new exhibition uncovers alternate visions of the American West painted and photographed by women. Evelyn Cameron, Evelyn Cameron standing on Jim the horse (ca.

As a subject of historical research, “the West” has recently come into prominence, it having become, by position, population, and political influence, what Mr. Roosevelt calls “ the heart of the ...

In the late 1800s, Black cowboys brought their culinary knowledge from Africa to the American West—influencing everything from antelope ribs to bread pudding recipes. In the early American West, Black ...