History at its best is vicarious experience..

A historian should not be didactic-that is a word that makes my blood run cold..

Children whose curiosity survives parental discipline and who manage to grow up before they blow up are invited to join the Yale faculty. Within the ….

The British government had not engaged in any serious actual oppression of the colonies before 1774, but it had claimed powers not granted by the gov….

I made a point of always teaching undergraduates because they are not a captive audience. . . . I always tried out my research ideas first in the cl….