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… (75%) have been reported in New York state. This is a shocking statistic in modern public health. The United States … French watercolor etching of a physician examining a milking maid’s cowpox covered hand, while a farmer (kneeling) … They often told him how they had caught “cowpox” from milking diseased cows. Jenner hypothesized that perhaps it …

… who has purest commitment to the cause, and Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness on the IRA side and Gusty Spence and Billy … were soon displaced by hardline activists: Gerry Adams and Martin McGuinness. When the Protestant paramilitary … willing to compromise failed to prevent peace from breaking out. In 1922, rather than let hardliners sabotage the …

… Region, Sir Ahmad Bello and their wives. The highest-ranking northern military officers were also eliminated, along … also Igbo. The dominance of Igbo officers in the coup, the assassination of the top northern politicians and the … and this time, Igbos were the victims. Many high-ranking Igbo officers, including the General Ironsi, were …

… could take credit for bringing democracy to India while cracking down on political dissent. Indian troops played many … square (at most only four people can walk abreast). Forsaking the car, Dyer’s men entered the square and assembled … was not alone. While the Hunter Commission and the United Kingdom’s House of Commons recommended his immediate …

… for Amazing Things ,” for example, promises “adaptive networking, edge cloud, connected security, and collaboration,” … Ludd. You might remember him as the legendary machine-breaking saboteur who was once the scourge of industrial … technological change (to the point that techno-skeptics jokingly adopt the term “Luddite” to describe themselves). To …

… French husband, Francis II. Mary lands on the shores of her kingdom amid a brutal struggle for religion. Just two years … piece by using colorblind casting, LGBTQ storylines, and evoking the feeling of the time rather than copying it. French … … Kristin Osborne … On Screen … Europe … United Kingdom … Scotland … Christianity … Women & Gender … At the …

… followed.  “Beatlemania” was already underway in the United Kingdom. Across the Atlantic, however, the Beatles had yet … custom for socially respectable men in the English-speaking world. The group made its presence known nearly … Carter … Milestones … Music … United States … United Kingdom … Youth/Childhood … “I Want to Hold Your Hand” …

… Strategy, Andrew Lambert, Professor of Naval History at King’s College, London, examines the debates surrounding the … strategic uncertainty by elucidating a British way of making war from a vigorous study of past conflicts. He argued the British way of making war consisted of employing the army and navy in …

… 1973 and 2007. While the collection is retrospective, Remaking America is an incredibly useful resource for … to escape England’s political and religious crises, the kingdom’s stabilization in the 18th century attracted … consider fragments as a whole. This can only be done by making connections between various historiographical …

… had done before. For the first time in history, the United Kingdom would be led by a majority government dedicated to … he embraced socialism only in his late twenties. Embarking on a career in social work in the slums of East London, … splendor. Attlee came to see socialism as a means of making Britain live up to the very best of its ideals. Though …

… in September 1938, of which Munich was the third, he wrote King George VI candidly that he sought a broad “Anglo-German … but would also attempt to restrain its allies from taking action against Germany. Hitler then assured Chamberlain … Relations … World War II / WWII … United Kingdom … Germany … Lessons of Munich …

… with types, archetypes, and prototypes. Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and Hamlet, as well as Don Quixote and Sancho … … Ilan Stavans … Milestones … Europe … Spain … United Kingdom … Literature … Early Modern … Kindred Spirits: …

… it finally granted that nation its independence. In making his case to Prime Minister David Lloyd George, … declared the Arab officials of Iraq’s British-backed King Feisal “incompetent.” He noted the gross … of his character — so much so that I keep a stern-looking bust of Sir Winston in the Oval Office.” If the …

… mythology. For one thing, it was a misbegotten war. Lacking today’s fast communications, Washington didn’t learn … trade restrictions that were a major U.S. pretext for taking up arms. The war’s final battle, Andrew Jackson’s … Atlantic power. But so did a great slave power. The Cotton Kingdom of the lower South was secured by Jackson’s victory. …

… John Evelyn, the Society secured a charter by order of King Charles II in 1662 that officially made them "The Royal … Books, 2019.) … Neil Humphrey … Reviews … Europe … United Kingdom … Early Modern … Science & Technology … Intellectual …

… on June 10, 1963, Kennedy indicated the changes in his thinking. He said that the U.S. should seek a “genuine peace” so … us once again seek a world that is “safe for diversity.” Martin Halpern is Fulbright Lecturer in the Faculty of … University, and a writer for the History News Service. … Martin Halpern … History News Service … Europe … Former …

… and Molotov cocktails proved remarkably effective at knocking out Soviet tanks and repelling assaults at fortified … to suppress the revolution. Imre Nagy and other top-ranking Hungarian officials who had sympathized with the … Hungarians and triggered a mass exodus of civilians seeking refuge in the West.  Today, 1956 serves as a symbol of …

… history of drug and alcohol regulation in America: Scott Martin on 19th century temperance and alcohol prohibition, … In our first, host Mark Sokolsky speaks with Scott Martin, of Bowling Green, on America's most concerted … the handicaps that it labored under that we've just been talking about. For example, by all accounts, when statisticians …

… cobbler he and his mistress supplemented their income by taking in boarders.  With so many itinerant laborers moving in … with the face just in case the authorities came around asking questions. As long as the medical practitioners of … McMillin … Reviews … Europe … Science & Technology … United Kingdom … Public Health, Disease, and Medicine … Crime … The …

… idolatry of reason and mechanistic forces by attacking the idea that man was a predictable and rationally … of a human being by unnatural means is a dangerous undertaking fraught with perils from human emotions and … a celebration of the most ambitious scientific undertakings, even though the two men who first undertake to carry …

… kilometers of land, bounded by the Adyar river and the Buckingham canal in the south and north respectively, on the beach overlooking the Bay of Bengal. Madras was an odd choice for a city … busiest roads, with no pedestrian crossing to reach it! Taking a photo of the War Memorial therefore involves a swift …

… Gallagher writes that fear of venereal infection was “lurking around every corner” in the Britain of the long 18th … races and form a basis for racial politics, frequently attacking Jews and persons of African descent as bringers of … Haven: Yale, 2019) … Jim Harris … Reviews … Europe … United Kingdom … Sexuality & Reproductive Rights … Public Health, …

… Kobo … Africa … Nigeria … Colonialism/Imperialism … United Kingdom … Military/War/Peace … “No Victor and No Vanquished” …

… 1960s, Buddy Holly had died in a plane crash, Elvis was making movies, Chuck Berry was in jail, and Jerry Lee Lewis … Englanders along the river Mersey were still seeking inspiration from rock and rolls’ increasingly forgotten … History … Racism & Racial Ideas … United States … United Kingdom … 50 Years Ago: the Beatles, Rock, and Race in …