The eighth president defined the future of politics.

Historians may never speak of an “Age of Adams” to rival Andrew Jackson, but Randall Woods’s new biography reveals the sixth president’s greatness.

Yesterday the left was "sticking it to the man"; today the right seems to be having all the fun.

Recent histories of America's two political parties show what it takes to win a governing majority.

In Andrew Jackson's America, there was no justice, and no peace.

The World of Plymouth Plantation seeks to break away from the symbolic value of Plymouth, but in doing so overlooks the human actions and goals.

Though Brown and Lincoln never knew one another, Brands presents them as the representatives of a much deeper struggle to shape the future of antislavery.