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… Trump held up Carrier, an air conditioning and heating company, as a symbol of the plight of American manufacturing, buffeted by free trade deals that hurt American workers. The company had … Trans-Pacific Partnership ahead of President Barack Obama’s visit to the state for a fundraiser. The figures depicted …

… The United States needs a new foundation to its foreign policy if it is to succeed in its war against … that policy be? It should be like Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms — freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom … back to the “gunboat diplomacy,” the use of force to accomplish diplomatic goals, associated with the major …

… Three years ago, the Northridge earthquake showed us Californians that we live in a dangerous place. The quake took … houses, and, most emblematic of all, toppled many of our freeways. As citizens of the Golden State, we live with the … and undervalued, the seismic program was still incomplete almost two decades later when Loma Prieta struck …

… For the last several years, the United States has depicted the battle against terrorism as a contest pitting free societies against those who would impose Islamic rule … the West, but between those societies in which women are free and those in which they are repressed. Women’s lives …

… existed in the United States. The trial of Edgar Ray Killen for the 1964 murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, … United States. On the surface, the goal of the Mississippi Freedom Summer Project of 1964 sounds almost identical to … including 35 churches and numerous homes in this state. McComb, Miss., came to be known that summer as the bombing …

… Is all well with freedom of expression in the United States? It would seem … After all, American society is now among the world's most complex. In a nation of such diverse origins, practices and … clashes over published ideas and images. The resulting efforts to muzzle the expression of those that offend the …

… could be permanently enslaved. The British, who did not form their first antislavery organization until seven years later, are usually credited with this accomplishment, having banished slavery in their remaining … women in the North began petitioning successfully for their freedom. A system of coerced labor that had spread in the …

… year, not only in the history of the United States but also for the genesis of American capitalism. 1619 saw the arrival … the global economy. This conversation has raised uncomfortable questions about contemporary businesses and … conceptualized solutions to demonstrate the value of “free” labor in the developing global supply chain as well as …

… with the world. “The decline of magic” occurred after the Reformation of the sixteenth-century and forced a shift from … of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Deists and freethinkers to argue that these skeptical humanists, rather … of magic. Belief in magic and magical occurrences was commonplace before the Reformation and persisted long after …

… of Chinese defeat in the face of British imperial power and commercial interests. China wanted to stem the flow of opium … opium addiction. The British defended the principle of “free trade” in pursuit of vast profits. China lost the … and nations, Rimner demonstrates that there were many more forces at play in the anti-opium movement. Depictions of …

… they simply never made enough to do so. “Many Chinamen have come; few have returned. Why is this?” representatives of … generally arrived to the East Coast. Once in the country, free immigrants followed labor opportunities wherever they … U.S. immigration document. Upon his return from a temporary visit to China in 1895, Wong was denied re-entry to San …

… disc jockeys. “Race” music (Jazz and Blues) written and performed by Black musicians was rarely heard by white … A handful of popular musicians at the time testified before congress arguing against what they perceived as … and a violation of the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech. This lesson asks students to examine and …

… he and his fellow Republicans deserve much of the blame for their increase. Ever since the advent of the Bush … The Republican-dominated U.S. Senate refused to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, a landmark measure negotiated … disarmament and other pledges made in the NPT. Ignoring the commitments made by his Democratic and Republican …

… the City: Anti-Urbanism in the Twentieth Century  (Oxford University Press, 2014). Diane King published  … Kurdistan on the Global Stage: Kinship, Land, and Community in Iraq  (Rutgers University Press, 2014). Daniel … 3/26/14: The Latest Books from OSU Historians …

… HERE IN NORTH AMERICA Racism, Hate and Free Speech: The Search for New Boundaries of Sensitivity Throughout North American … that the purported letters published in the New York Times comments were taken out of context and and a philosophical … Racism, Hate and Free Speech: The Search for New Boundaries of Sensitivity …

… in Polish-Jewish history. After years of controversies and compromises, the final product represents the dedicated efforts of an array of scholars from various fields. The … however, is not intended to be a  Holocaust  museum, and visitors who expect the Holocaust to be its main focus, may …

… or “Old Town,” is relatively new. This area had to be completely rebuilt after its destruction during  World War … Bellotto. On February 13, 1945, the British Royal Air Force and U.S. Army Air Force bombed Dresden. The … opera house, known as the Semperoper. [All photos by Nikki Freeman, 2015] …

… Fathers in the state’s high school curriculum. The reason for this posthumous pink-slip was not that Jefferson was a … civic harmony while protecting the right to religious freedom. While the concept itself has deep historical roots, … French scholar Jean Bauberot. Bauberot sees three essential components to a secular society: 1) the separation of …

… 1863 Gettysburg Address and Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 Four Freedoms speech. But rereading old speeches neither pays … speech inspired Americans to bear long and arduous war efforts, as our current war on terrorism surely will be. But they are inappropriate for this coming Sept. 11, no less than a newspaper printing last …

… subsidized “private” industries. To him, the “free market” functions as an idealized system of unfettered … up to this point: to pay for everything from hospital visits to prescriptions, one needs health insurance. Of the … that translates to the future of American health care comes in his final chapter. “Health care cannot function,” …

… China . Some single out human rights issues, others Chinese foreign policy, but the most common rhetorical barbs tie back to trade and currency. This … else in its cargo: more than 20,000 Spanish silver coins. The goods the Americans were bringing would not be …

… On June 6, 1944, British, American, French, and Canadian forces landed on the French beaches at Normandy and began … roughly 300 km away. Michael Neiberg's book The Blood of Free Men focuses on the liberation experience of Paris.  … with collaborationist neighborhoods, areas of union and communist strength, and the German headquarters district. As …

… For the Bush administration, the road of public policy leads … to the Roman republic as the model for our own rights and freedoms. But President Bush would have us emulate the Roman … the Romans had paved for their own armies to travel. If war comes, Iraq will be using the computers and cell phones and …

… Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom is certainly timely. Brands engages contemporary … His subsequent arrest, trial, and execution led to Brown becoming a martyr for the cause of liberty. The book’s final … John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom , by H.W. Brands (New York: Doubleday, 2020) …