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Mutineers in Petrograd during March 1917, shooting upon the Tsar’s police forces.

Russia’s Trial by Fire

Review of Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War 1914-1921, by Laura Engelstein Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017
… in the subsequent Civil War. These factors coalesced in meaningful ways to expose the fault lines within the Empire. …

The Summer of ’10: Federal Power, Local Autonomy, and the Struggle over Immigration Policy

… responses to Acadian refugees in the late 1750s. 2. The Meaning of Naturalization . "Citizenship" was an unsettled … The legislative history of the provision confirms its plain meaning. When first drafted, the provision allowed officers … thus each provision must be read to have new and definite meaning. In 1996, Congress enacted amendments authorizing …
Meiji Constitution promulgation by Toyohara Chikanobu, 1889.

Japan’s Meiji Restoration

… “Meiji as success story” narrative. What, then, is the meaning of the Meiji Restoration for historians and scholars …

Justice Denied: The Killing of Trayvon Martin in Historical Perspective

… Orlando accepted Zimmerman’s version of things. Without a meaningful investigation, they dismissed the killing as … just cause to charge Zimmerman with second-degree murder, meaning the state believed he acted with a depraved state of … from it. Indeed, white Americans, including the most well-meaning white Americans, need to stop pretending to be …

The Long Legacy of World War I

… such memorials had the capacity to reflect whatever meanings one might ascribe to World War I, and the successive meanings of the Great War throughout the century. Finally, …