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… nineteen, published the gothic novel Frankenstein. It has become a classic of English literature. Title page of the … shortly after being born and her half-sister Fanny Godwin committed suicide, a couple of months later Percy’s wife committed suicide, and just before the publication of the novel Mary gave birth to a …

… on fifteen candidates who ran between 1788 and 1980. Fit for the Presidency? Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans … of the presidency itself has changed, making his comparisons something of an apples and oranges exercise.  … Morris claims – evidence? – that RFK was insincere when he “visited burned-out ghettoes to ensure that he would get 90 …

… even more with each day that American and British forces fail to unearth more than circumstantial evidence of … that Iraq was a significant threat to the international community. Why is that? Because, the United States — from … on a war it cannot justify. Christopher Gerteis is a visiting professor of East Asian history at the University …

… founding in  1948 , Israel has used hydraulic works to reinforce its ownership of occupied Palestinian lands. In … the powerful and single-minded  Mekorot, the National Water Company of Israel .  Mekorot claims it has conveyed “water, … limited sources of water that face “constant threats.”  The company employs dams and other barrages, pumps, irrigation …

… strength and quantity, and are well mixed.” Humoral theory, combined with ignorance of germs, created a situation ripe for unchecked outbreak. Those who cared for the sick—from … “generated such horror that children did not dare to visit their dying parents, nor parents their children, but …

… legacy with which Americans will sooner or later have to come to terms: today we live in a society of greater … This disturbing development is linked to the PATCO debacle, for President Reagan’s unprecedented act of union-busting … in Washington, D.C., and a writer for the History News Service. He is currently writing a book on the PATCO …

… its lawsuit against the giant utility Consolidated Edison for the 19-hour blackout that plunged northern Manhattan … year of anticipating “Y2K” has served to remind us that the computers we call “personal” actually answer to specialized … lever that permits drivers to roll up windows by hand.) Visit the hospital, and you will confront a forbidding array …

… a stunning achievement and that description of how it was accomplished feels especially poignant today when faith in … Pitiful” The disease was called rinderpest, the German word for “cattle plague,” and it was vicious. It spread quickly … has been humbled and our progress facilitated by this awful visitation. The advent of the white man had else not been so …

… the Russias.” Services in Moscow capped a series of events commemorating the Romanovs’ tercentenary, in what proved to … continue to grapple with the Romanov legacy as they search for a usable past after the turbulent twentieth century. … workers were carefully muzzled in advance of the tsar’s visit. Celebration of the Romanovs’ heritage could draw …

… Taliban? The question has confounded international society for more than a quarter century. Their stunning victory in … the Taliban now confront the challenge of governing this complex country and establishing a stable government. Since … the United States as guests of UNOCAL corporation. They visited Texas, Nebraska, and Washington, D.C. A number of …

… at … well, any number of things. Lumping them together, the commentariat called all these angry voters “populists” and … ( bottom right ). Whatever else they may or may not have in common ideologically, these populists share an antipathy … when things go wrong with our health. Obama’s preference for arugula lettuce became a means for opponents to paint …

… homes and jobs. But the 20th century’s legal foundation for homeland security was laid during 1917 and 1918 when the … to act decisively, during World War I President Wilson took command of telegraph and telephone systems, issued executive … against them. Bush’s speech to Congress and the nation, his visit to a Washington mosque and his meetings with Muslim …

… nation must choose between alternative ways of life, “communist or free,” Truman declared. Truman shook off fears … neutrality allowed. If Bush’s political advisers are hoping for the same success, they may have forgotten how Truman’s … figure. The next time Bush goes home to Texas, he should visit Johnson’s final resting place and ponder deeply. It is …

… Opium War (officially 1856-1860), a conflict that not only forced that narcotic drug deep into China ’s politics, … of Qing laws prohibiting the drug. After one Chinese trade commissioner captured and publicly destroyed British opium … ship seized by China on suspicion of piracy—reducing its complex causes to only its precipitating event. …

… The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee will vote early in March on the Bush administration's effort to elevate Federal District Judge Charles W. Pickering … does not belong on the Circuit Court. Joshua M. Zeitz is a visiting assistant professor of history at Brown University …

… opposed to the administration’s war policies and hungry for a candidate with national security bona fides. A … officers as presidential contenders. Generals who have become president (there were ten, six of them notable as … does he hunger for war. Historian David Greenberg is a visiting scholar at the American Academy of Arts and …

… sixth series will debut in 2017) hundreds of novels and comic books, and countless toys, games, uniforms and other merchandise. Star Trek: The Original Series … thinking of leaving Star Trek when Martin Luther King Jr. visited the set. He insisted that she remain on the show …

… border deal as “the toughest set of border security reforms we've ever seen.” Urging Congress to pass the bill, … also proposed deploying advanced drug detection machines to combat the influx of fentanyl, which he claimed was … under specific provisions. These cards enable Mexican visitors to stay in the United States up to 72 hours for …

… Revolution--and learn that women in America have never been completely united.  … Trump. Think pieces blossomed overnight, denouncing the complicity and betrayal of white women to the feminist … to Seneca Falls, lived on the Seneca reservation. She was visiting the Seneca reservation in early summer and was …

… conferences, and publications that in turn disseminated information and ideas. New Zealand suffragists at a London … Ida B. Wells-Barnett with her four children in 1909. The complex international connections and strategies that … they embarrassed President Woodrow Wilson in front of a visiting Russian delegation, whose wartime cooperation he …

… Government and the Local Government of Tibet on Measures for the Peaceful Liberation of Tibet" was signed. This … signed between the PRC and a minority people and is part of communist China’s larger nation-building process in its … Tibetans have self-immolated since 2009, with the latest act by Yonten, a 24-year-old former monk from Kirti …

… three centuries of Romanov rule in Russia and set the stage for the later birth of the world’s first socialist state. … To delay is impossible.” The tsar did not reply, instead complaining that “Again that fat-belly Rodzianko has written … entry into the First World War in 1914 . As those who have visited Russia know well, the First World War can seem …

… Although “originalism” was once thought to be the best way for the court to achieve that goal, this controversial … about this theory. What is originalism? Where did it come from? Is it a good or workable theory of constitutional … 2.0 belatedly, a few trenchant historical critiques of the latest variant of originalism have started to coalesce.  One …

… But how does political engagement on campuses today compare to the history of American campus activism, … protests can teach campus activists, administrators, and communities today. For more on OSU campus protests in the 1960s, check out Bill … Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a …