General Tom Thumb only stood about three feet, four inches tall. But he made a huge impact during his life as a 19th-century sideshow performer promoted by P.T. Barnum. He appeared before queens and ...

As the world reels from US President Donald Trump's tariffs onslaught, here is a look back at some major trade wars since the 19th century: - 19th century Opium Wars - In the mid-19th century ...

For Mr Trump the measures represent an attempt to bring a long era of increasingly free global trade to a definitive end.

1827 fusion of art and cartography, A Bird's Eye View of Niagara Falls, likely struck 19th-century viewers as highly imaginative. Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art Museum At the start ...

The Trump administration’s current use of 19th-century tools to solve 20th-century problems threatens to take America back to ...