What lies beneath us has fascinated humans for millennia. But as Mr. Pike observes in his new book, Subterranean Cities: The World Beneath Paris and London, 1800-1945 (Cornell University Press), it ...

The Glassworkers of Carmaux, 1850-1900 / Joan W. Scott -- Workers Divided : The Effect of Craft and Ethnic Differences in Poughkeepsie, New York, 1850-1880 / Clyde Griffen -- The Reality of the ...

The Tenement Museum undertook extensive research for its interactive exhibit. For years, The Tenement Museum in New York City's Lower East Side has become a living monument to the stories of 19th and ...

Although much of the United States was still rural in the late 19th century, cities—especially those in the Industrial Midwest—were experiencing a population explosion. Cities typically grew ...

Monet and Turner found something sublime in the polluted 19th-century city — and maybe something darker, too. By Emily LaBarge Reviewing from London If you’ve been to London recently (or ever) you’ll ...