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… policies as altruistic during the ideological competition of the Cold War. But these institutions and … of living that would prevent major conflicts waged of necessity, conflicts that would have astonishing potential … with supranational institutions allowed the country to “get credit for practicing altruism instead of power politics.” …

… Leticia Wiggins  Hello everyone and welcome to our webinar on 100 years of women and the vote. I'm … begin, with is viewer's question. 100 years marks a huge milestone, and people are talking about this, but do we think … their politics. And so, while many will talk today about Seneca Falls, and the convention of 1848 as this landmark …

… civilians in Punjab were shot by British soldiers under the command of the now infamous “Butcher of Amritsar.” British … public gatherings. In this way, the British Raj could take credit for bringing democracy to India while cracking down on political dissent. Indian troops played many roles in the service of the British Empire in World War I; …

… Brenna Miller   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … Trump greenlit pipeline construction, claiming it as a necessary component of the nation's infrastructure and oil … Rock who organized a walk, a relay race actually from the site to Nebraska in May of 2016, and really energized the …

… and acts increasingly as the capitalist-system's primary creditor.  That doesn't necessarily mean that we're on the edge of some new world … in the Cold War — it drove decision-making within the communist bloc through the 1950s.  For Lüthi, alternative …

… was upgrading the recent outbreak of H1N1 influenza, more commonly known as "swine flu," to a global pandemic. … prominent figures, such as poet Robert Frost, and also the less well-known, such as children Bridget and Mary McG., who … and audience members. Pettit and Bailie back up their anecdotal stories with plenty of charts and graphs for the …

… will likely preoccupy future historians for years to come. While a number of factors contributed to his … the always-contested “public interest, convenience and necessity,” the commission was largely non-confrontational … movement may help show the way forward. For the past 100-plus years, the U.S. has tried to sustain its experiment in …

… Eric Michael Rhodes: Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together … out in the field. And I'll give one last historical anecdote and I can turn this question over to Austin. In 1968 … Rhodes. Song and band information can be found on our website. You can find our podcasts and more on our website, …

… Hello, everyone and welcome from the College of Arts and Sciences. Thank you so … were tied to fears over deforestation, or sometimes the opposite, actually hoping to moderate the climate, changing the … made back into the 1890s. The first scientist who's really credited with recognizing that it was happening is often a …

… wrote over one hundred years ago in her book titled Tous les Secrets de la femme . Even then, the Baronne understood … - mostly through means of fashion photography and short accompanying descriptions - Hill attempts to describe lingerie … bra provided a delicate covering for the breasts without necessarily supporting or shaping them. This simple design …

… although they leave the reader more uncertain, rather than less, about where the emergence and broad visceral appeal of … Weitz helps the reader understand how and why the fragile, complex, and tense culture of Weimar Germany motivated these … to its social and cultural setting. Weitz refuses to connect the same features that drove some of the cultural …

… Violence against women has a long history in human communities. Yet, we live in a time when people across the … Patrick Potyondy  Welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events in … Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website, origins.osu.edu, on iTunes and on Soundcloud. And as …

… party favorite and a new member of the Congressional Super Committee, wrote an op-ed in which he said that “excessive … end of 1982.  High levels of unemployment became more or less structural, keeping wages stagnant and eliminating … not the threat it once was.  Furthermore, inflation matters less for ordinary working people if wages are also rising …

… during Canada’s 150th birthday celebrations  in 2017 [photo credit:  TML Weekly Information Project ]. Canada’s Houses of Parliament (its House of Commons and the Senate chambers) sit on the unceded … 2018. Indeed, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s website “ Beyond 94 ” that tracks which of the recommendations …

… successful Chicago mayoral campaign in 1983 offers valuable lessons that still make sense. The first is the importance … to get voters registered. He realized that if he were to become the city’s first African American elected mayor he … demonstrates the distance that the people of Chicago have come since Washington’s election. Like it or not, though, …

… a way to use history when trying to make sense of China’s complicated present. Another kind of continuity between 1989 … for a time when China was more isolated. Some even complained about their nation’s entrance into the World … is the same: to suggest that China’s current rulers are less morally worthy than their predecessors. Economic as …

… Bush appears to think that he can somehow escape the lessons that the past can teach us and that history will … his cabinet. It took Great Britain ten years more of harsh lessons on the groups in Iraq before it finally granted that … the Arab officials of Iraq’s British-backed King Feisal “incompetent.” He noted the gross over-expenditure of monies in …

… discussion of issues over party politics but make political compromise even more difficult than it is today. In 1787, … ratified as the law of the land, he argued that competition among many interest groups was the genius of the … The current campaign finance bill, by tipping the scales toward interest groups, will encourage political action …

… granted greater decision-making authority to local communities, and the Paraguayan government opened budget … U.S. foreign aid program had few notable successes to its credit. In many cases, such assistance simply strengthened … the improved monitoring of polls that are essential prerequisites for free and fair elections. Third, foreign aid is …

… in Canadian history to grace the $10 bill, a Black woman no less, requires returning to the events of Friday, November … that day, Desmond became the target of a racist incident, a common event for Blacks in Canada. Her decision to challenge … and a public opinion survey on the Bank of Canada website is indicative of a willingness to acknowledge a small …

… sometimes glitteringly attractive, creatures come from? While not an exact replica, the myths and legends … a feast day, the brothers sneak to the revenant’s gravesite and dig up his corpse. What they see horrifies them: … back to the ancient notion of blood as the seat of life, connected with women and Jewish peoples’ alleged need for men’s …

… paper, lined the school hallways. Teachers gave lessons to help young students comprehend an American past with racial segregation, and how … list: Chicago, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Cleveland. All are sites of recent unrest originating in killings of unarmed …

… on the Bosporus—a strait crowded not only with urban commuters and pleasure craft, but Russian oil tankers … west of Istanbul. The canal would bypass the Bosporus , the site of multiple shipping accidents, and link the Black Sea … launch of two new major settlements along the Canal Zone connected by a new, third bridge over the Bosporus, speaks to a …

… Until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the combination of new technology with the "classically liberal" … for gold in order to borrow on the London-centered world credit market, in order to expand their nation's … but as we advance, something better such as silver becomes necessary.  As the unit of prices rises by still higher …