Political History

Americans today live in a starkly unequal society. Inequality is greater now than it has been at any time in the last century, and the gaps in wages, income, and wealth are wider here than they are in any other democratic and developed economy.

The Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting over control of the same piece of land for nearly a century. Each side has its own version of events. In a series of Morning Edition reports, NPR's Mike Shuster, attempts to revisit the significant episodes of Middle East history and give both Palestinian and Israeli historians an opportunity to explain how they see it differently.

We could make a case for starting a story on the historical context for the 2015 U.K. general election with the Roman Emperor Hadrian's decision to build a wall.

From secession to the 'Southern strategy,' the fight over South Carolina's identity has played out in the flags it flies.

No single development has altered the workings of American democracy in the last century so much as political consulting.

The 80s and 90s had it all over today's political leadership routs, says Alan Ramsey.

American political history has traditionally been a field that has thrived from its conversations and collaborations with other disciplines. The field offers a model for how to make interdisciplinary scholarship a reality rather than an aspiration. Political historians have relied on other disciplines for analytic questions and methodological debates, as well as to connect historical research to other parts of the academy.

Political history is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, organs of government, voters, parties and leaders. It is interrelated to other fields of history especially Diplomatic history, as well as constitutional history and public history.

The political history of the world is the history of the various political entities created by the human race throughout their existence and the way these states define their borders.

Barack Obama's victory is the culmination of a long series of civil rights victories.