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… moment in the global process of decolonization. The 1960 visit to Northern Rhodesia of Iain Macleod, British Secretary of State for the Colonies, was marked by demonstrations and protests … After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” …

… Halprin A self-declared Socialist, he spent several of his formative years outside of Haifa, then Palestine , working on a kibbutz (a communal farm). When Halprin returned to the U.S. he trained … people lived with the modern landscape not merely visited it. His results have been mixed. When Halprin …

… democracies, and political experiments such as Bolshevik communism. Much of Europe lay in tatters and virtually an … I battlefields to reconnect with their loved ones. Others visited the tombs of the unknown warriors, under the Arc de … billion today). A 1918 poster calling upon Canadians to buy Victory Bonds to support the war effort ( left ). A 1918 …

… the environmental impact of our have-it-now, fly-by-night, buy-on-credit global economy. Drawing on exclusive interviews with company executives, corporate archives and other records, … in sustainability initiatives and respond to new calls for corporate responsibility, Elmore shows the limits of …

… indicating various locations in Georgia and Azerbaijan visited. Georgia My first stop was Georgia, a small country … Nino (296-335 C.E.), the (female) saint who is responsible for Georgia’s conversion, was determined to build a church … only after St. Nino spent an entire night praying for it to come back. From its bark, once it was grounded, flowed holy …

… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … And a large array of Western pharmaceutical companies are buying it to produce for pharmaceutical drugs, … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… 12,000 tons), caused a fire inside the reactor that burned for ten days, and spewed radioactive vapor and particles up … cloud was detected over Sweden did the full extent become known to the authorities in the Soviet Union’s capital … we—an international, multi-disciplinary group of scholars—visited in June 2016, we posed for a sombre photograph in …

… and cultural traditions remain vibrant, attracting visitors in all four seasons. Sobaek Mountain. Sobaek … grand vistas, as well as a beautiful valley with a dense forest. A number of historical monuments on Sobaek Mountain … lantern, a wood plaque reads “Muryangsujeon (無量壽殿)” and welcomes all comers (right). The founder of the Buseoksa …

… measles, typhus, and influenza decimated Indigenous communities in the Americas is a commonly held one. Like so much of our popular conceptions … the Americas. Aztecs wrote about a smallpox epidemic just before Spaniards came among them: “there spread over the …

… of course, in 1776 there was no United States. Or in 1786, for that matter. The Constitution, which created the legal … states, by thirty other countries, and by private companies. Some visitors recorded that they left simply overwhelmed by it …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … see him conferring with advisors, reassuring people, often visiting the site of the disaster or a relief center—usually … erected statues of him. Tiberius then struck and circulated coins celebrating his rebuilding efforts, the ancient …

… President Bush's immigration reform legislation appears to be dead in the U.S. Congress, … of well-publicized workplace raids to terrorize immigrant communities. Although immigrants bear the brunt of these … the raid, a Republican presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani, visited Portland and cheered the actions of the ICE, linking …

… In 1968, Glenn Seaborg, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of plutonium, visited Richland, Washington, and the adjacent Hanford … attends Operation Plumbbob as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1968 (left). The nuclear reactors at the Hanford …

… Now that Ford Motor Company has announced its “Way Forward” restructuring plan, … into finished products. The plant attracted countless visitors, among them Charlie Chaplin, who visited it before … article about the River Rouge Plant revealed, “Ford still buys parts and materials from 6,000 independent plants …

… Supreme Court. Why is Microsoft in so much trouble? Because for two centuries Americans have hated political and economic bullies. "Free competition" has always been our rallying cry and the … of small, locally-owned factories; the trusts tried to buy them out. Those factories have all rusted away, or have …

… The Crimea that most people have come to know is a peninsula occupied by Russian forces, ostensibly annexed to the Russian Federation, and … local peoples the Tauri when he came to the region to visit Greek colonies. Greeks had settled at the magnificent …

… dotted with reminders of this past, but the residents welcome visitors with true Albanian hospitality and intend to show … south. In 1939 the city succumbed to fascist forces and became the center of Italian and German … Former Soviet Union … A Postcard from Tirana: Overcoming the Past …

… This year, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice—the nation’s first memorial to the … over Confederate monuments. How do these two trends in commemorating our nation’s past relate to one anther? What … and see the fine china and the hoop skirts. So they're buying into the mess as much as anyone. The second point, …

… In May 2019, during a visiting professorship at Nazarbayev University in … Once part of the Russian Empire of the tsars and then the Communist Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been independent … hours and 500 miles later, we arrived in the city of Semey (formerly Semipalatinsk), where we met Ulan and his Nissan …

… of the re-admittance of South Africa to the international community. To many, winning a rugby tournament might seem to … committees assert will attend events and continue to visit host communities. It is in the hopes of realizing such … tickets remained unsold and exhorted his countrymen to "go buy now." But for many South Africans that is easier said …

… recreational use. Across the state, celebratory stoners welcomed the New Year by lining up at licensed retailers to buy bags of (heavily taxed) artisanal marijuana, with … purchasing medical marijuana requires a perfunctory visit to a “pot doc”—licensed physicians who specialize in …

… arrived on the banks of Russia’s Kama River on 11 July 2016 for an intense five-day excursion through the … by the industrial sites of “Catharinenburg” that he visited twice—on his path to and from Siberia in 1734 and again in September 1742, commenting from Nev’iansk: “I had little interaction with …

… As China completes its takeover of Hong Kong, it should be remembered the Chinese once before took over a territory that they promised — in writing — … Soon smugglers discovered they could make fortunes by buying Rolex watches and other contraband items in Tibet to …