History Now Essay Robber Barons or Captains of Industry? T. J. Stiles Economics, Geography, Science, Technology, Engineering and Math, World History 9, 10, 11, 12, 13+ On February 9, 1859, Henry J. Raymond, editor of the New York Times , said something strange about Cornelius Vanderbilt. Raymond didn’t like Vanderbilt, a steamship tycoon with such a vast fleet that he was known as the Commodore,... Appears in: 24 | Shaping the American Economy Summer 2010
History Now Essay The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority Madeline Y. Hsu Government and Civics, World History The United States harvested a bumper crop of good immigrants in 1955. About 1,000 highly educated Chinese gained citizenship, including acclaimed scientists, professionals, and entrepreneurs such as the architect I. M. Pei, the... Appears in: 65 | Asian American Immigration and US Policy Winter 2022
History Now Essay From the Editor Carol Berkin It is unlikely that Thomas Jefferson imagined the principles and ideals he laid down in the preamble to the Declaration of Independence would reverberate throughout the world for centuries to come. Yet, from Liberia to India, from New... Appears in: 61 | The Declaration of Independence and the Origins of Self-Determination in the Modern World Fall 2021
History Now Essay Benjamin Franklin, Spain, and the Independence of the United States Thomas E. Chávez On November 29, 1775, more than six months before the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Congress’s Secret Committee of Correspondence gave instructions to Benjamin Franklin, Silas Deane, and Arthur Lee to travel to Paris to... Appears in: 68 | The Role of Spain in the American Revolution Fall 2023