Peter S. Onuf

On the introduction of the Franklin stove into the American home and the ensuing stove revolution.

How the idea of “home” motivated Confederate soldiers, and strengthened their resolve to fight.

Gender dynamics on the home front, and the ways in which the Civil War is distinct from other American conflicts.

Did the 2010 Tea Party Movement really have anything in common with 1773? What did the history of populism suggest about the Tea Party's future?

Reporter Catherine Moore visits the first hospital in the New World and finds out why the “public plan” in the Virginia colony may have had its drawbacks.