, they say, is written by the victors. But here's the uncomfortable truth: it's also written by the forgetful, the biased, and the dramatic. Some of 's most consequential conflicts have been so ...

History often paints with a broad brush, dividing people into villains and heroes without much nuance. Yet the real story is far more complicated than black-and-white judgments. Some figures we’ve ...

Preface -- Introduction -- Embryonic gentrification in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C., 1915-1945 -- Embryonic gentrification in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, ...