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The EU: Past, Present, and Future

… On this episode of History Talk , Patrick and Mark sit down with Donald Hempson ,  Lauren Henry , and Chris Otter to discuss the history of the European Union, an organization that has … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a panel of …

Updating ‘No Child Left Behind:’ Change, or More of the Same

… they have done most recently. Understanding that history helps explain why the primary division over … unequal academic expectations that had dominated the history of public schooling began to come under wider … of the parents, for example, or the degree of exposure to books and other cultural materials in the home and …

From Fat Cats to Egg Heads: The Changing American "Elite"

… before they part.” Across the first decades of the nation’s history, citizenship rights—particularly the right to … build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of those, in turn, … organized mob.” Then FDR went on: “Never before in all our history have all these forces been united against one …
The Trials of Laura Fair by Carole Haber Book Cover.

A Woman Scorned?

Review of The Trials of Laura Fair: Sex, Murder, and Insanity in the Victorian West, by Carole Haber (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013)
Books with words like “sex,” “murder,” and “insanity” in … of historical significance, Haber has also crafted a history that compels the reader to anticipate the denouement … Legal history
Jackie Robinson

Top Ten Origins: The World Series

… Sox scandal was the most infamous moment in baseball’s history – rivalled only by the steroid revelations of the … as “the boys of summer” in Roger Kahn’s eponymous popular history, the Brooklyn Dodgers finally won their first (and … Don Larsen throwing the only perfect game in World Series history. Beyond nostalgia, 1955 was also significant for …
Infamous photograph of German soldiers rounding up Jews for deportation in the Warsaw Ghetto, 1943.

Weathering the Storm: Wartime Lives of Ordinary People

Review of An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler, by Peter Fritzsche (New York: Basic Books, 2016)
… what makes An Iron Wind such an important addition to the history of the Second World War. As a work of readable … Iron Wind is a welcome contribution to the field. To study history is to engage fundamentally with human empathy. In … Europe Under Hitler , by Peter Fritzsche (New York: Basic Books, 2016) …
Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt, by Charles R. Geisst Philadelphia By Spencer Tyce Book Cover.

Natural Laws and Predatory Lending for 3000 Years

Review of Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt, by Charles R. Geisst Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013
… In his latest work Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt Charles R. Geisst explores the history of the development and regulation of charging unfair … thousand years” (p. 332), and believes understanding this history is crucial to understanding our current financial …
Seal of the United States National Archives and Records Administration. The seal is described in 36 C.F.R. § 1200.2 as: The seal is centered on a disc with a double-line border. The words NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION encircle the inside of the seal and the date 1985 is at the bottom center.

Downgrading the Founders

… long ago over the proposed national standards for American history? When it was charged, incorrectly as it turns out, … Americans, women, workers, the many victims of our history. Moreover, the charge went, this crime against the … fellow citizens. Well, those great figures of American history are really taking it on the chin this time–and from …
Book Cover of Brain, Mind and Internet: A Deep History and Future By: David J. Staley

9/22/2014 Hot off the Presses: Your Brain on the Internet

… Brain, Mind and Internet: A Deep History and Future   A new book from Ohio State historian  … even less jarring. Understanding that there has been a deep history of intimacy between humans and their cognitive tools … Connecting History
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White Supremacist Violence – An Origins Top ten

There are an estimated 917 hate groups currently active in the U.S.
… by condemning violence “on both sides,” he repeated a long history of blaming others for acts of terror perpetrated by … Charlottesville in context, in this video we'll review the history of white supremacist violence in the United States. … Black Lives in American History
Carrie (left) with her mother, Emma Buck, at the Virginia Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, 1924.

The Sterilization of Carrie Buck

… between “fit” and “unfit” reproduction, drove the long history of forced sterilization in the United States . Among … in 1927.  While eugenic ideas have a long and troubling history in the United States, these beliefs continue to … Dissertations, Theses, & Student Research, Department of History. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/historydiss/68 .  …
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Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian Ethanol

… Speakers: Jennifer Eaglin, Assistant Professor of History and Sustainability Institute Nicholas Breyfogle (Moderator), Associate Professor of History, Director, Goldberg Center Co-sponsors: The Center … Ethanol" brought to you by The Ohio State University History Department, Clio Society and College of Arts and …
Turkish soldiers standing over skeletal remains during Armenian Genocide

Armenians, Turks, and the Genocide Question

… and unacceptable for the Turkish Republic. Join your  History Talk  hosts  Leticia Wiggins  and  Patrick Potyondy … and  John Quigley  to discuss what is now known about the  history of these events, the meaning of the legal and … Leticia Wiggins   Welcome to History Talk from Origins: Current Events and Historical …
Pancho Villa and followers.

Mexico’s Great Transition

… result of the most open and democratic election in Mexico's history. Americans take such transitions for granted ever … peaceful transition between political parties in recorded history. The United States was the world's first … republic existed. Therefore, never before in world history had such a transition between political parties …
Cover of Science under Fire Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America by Andrew Jewett.

Science Beseiged

Review of Science Under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America, by Andrew Jewett (Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press, 2020)
… Intellectual History
Cover of Song of Wrath The Peloponnesian War Begins by J. E. Lendon.

A Time For War

Review of Song of Wrath: The Peloponnesian War Begins, by J.E. Lendon (Basic Books, New York, 2010)
… historical insight. Weaving together cultural and military history, Lendon seeks to explain what the ancient historian … not feel the need to explain timê. Thucydides wanted his history to be a "possession for all time," but he assumed … delving into the particulars of military and diplomatic history, Lendon provides his readers with an extensive …
President Woodrow Wilson with his wife, Edith, in June 1920.

Making it into the White House

Review of Fit for the Presidency? Winners, Losers, What-Ifs, and Also-Rans, by Seymour Morris Jr. (Lincoln: Potomac Books, 2017)
… in the wake of the most bizarre election in modern American history , Seymour Morris Jr., an entrepreneur and amateur … at least some of the abundant historical literature on the history of American politics and political theory. At a … and Also-Rans , by Seymour Morris Jr. (Lincoln: Potomac Books, 2017) …
First Lady Michelle Obama reading a Dr. Seuss book to children at the White House.

Celebrating the “Seussentennial”

… experience. Random House, the publisher of most of his books, has proclaimed 2004 the “Seussentennial,” a year-long … and their obligations to society. John Fea teaches American history at Messiah College in Grantham, Penna., and is a writer for the History News Service. …