Letter from Mabel Truss Metcalf to Marguerite Henrich Kellogg, October 14, 1923, page 1, Record Unit 7170, A. Remington Kellogg Papers, circa 1871–1969 and undated, Smithsonian Institution Archives, ...

In the 1920s, China was torn apart — no central authority, endless warlord skirmishes, and the people caught in the chaos.

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Juliann Troi is a lover of history, nearly getting a degree in it in college. “I got one class shy of a history degree and figured out there’s nothing you can do with it, so I switched to Education, ...

Though some may now believe, as the eminent amateur historian and proto-podcaster Bluto did in “Animal House” (1978), that “the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor,” I think it’s reasonable to assume that ...

The concept of the “new woman” was born out of the clashes between Chinese and Western cultures during the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). It was, in essence, a canvas onto which reformers — most of ...

"Bourne Identity" director Doug Liman and producers Rob Reiner and Alan Greisman are joining forces with Beijing Galloping Horse Film & TV Production for a 1920s drama about Two-Gun Cohen, the British ...

Too many potions muddle the alchemy in "The Great Magician," a picaresque romance set around the rivalry between a warlord and a conjurer in 1920s China. Too many potions muddle the alchemy in “The ...

There are, in my judgment, three great novels that explore American military life in the twentieth century. They are, in order of publication, Guard of Honor (1948) by James Gould Cozzens, From Here ...