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… most famous attraction. If the name “Xi’an” is familiar to foreigners, it is likely for its most famous historical … it’s a Daoist mountain to the east, a Buddhist reliquary complex to the west, or the tomb-speckled hillside to the … north, there is historical significance in every direction. Visitors walking the causeway to the Tang Royal Tombs. Qian …

… the local Wal-Mart. The company’s promise of “everyday low prices” is music to the ears of every shopper. For better or … fatal defect. Given its size and scope, Wal-Mart’s ultimate demise may seem inconceivable, but the death of a … a place where people would want to work — and love to visit again. Bob Batchelor is the author of "The 1900s" …

… Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of plutonium, visited Richland, Washington, and the adjacent Hanford … attends Operation Plumbbob as Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission, 1968 (left). The nuclear reactors at the Hanford … while they complained about excessive regulation. The Price-Anderson Act of 1957 provided one of those subsidies …

… force down the value of their money in order to reduce the price of their products sold in foreign markets. Central … products manufactured in China, or American consumers for ultimately buying those products. The issue of China's … contained. Trade in East Asia was fueled in part by silver coins from Mexico. Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 in …

… indicating various locations in Georgia and Azerbaijan visited. Georgia My first stop was Georgia, a small country … only after St. Nino spent an entire night praying for it to come back. From its bark, once it was grounded, flowed holy … running Egypt when Napoleon invaded in 1798, and who ultimately died in exile in Sudan. According to Professor …

… see him conferring with advisors, reassuring people, often visiting the site of the disaster or a relief center—usually … erected statues of him. Tiberius then struck and circulated coins celebrating his rebuilding efforts, the ancient … food from neighboring communities, passed edicts against price gouging and looting, raised money for the survivors, …

… moment in the global process of decolonization. The 1960 visit to Northern Rhodesia of Iain Macleod, British … After touring British colonies in Africa, Macmillan had become increasingly convinced that “national consciousness” … Seko in 1973. The Congo Crisis of 1960-1965 that followed ultimately led to an externally funded military coup and the …

… other nations. These beggar-thy-neighbor policies, however, ultimately made things worse for everyone. Economic … including steelworkers, autoworkers, clothing workers, and Teamsters, were particularly strident. A key constituency of … none more than Walmart. Walmart’s drive for “everyday low prices” led the company to invest heavily in China, where …

… The Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau served as a place of safety and forgiveness in the past. Until the nineteenth century, … , or Hawaiian ruling class. Children, the elderly, and non-combatants could also find peace and shelter within a … traditional Hawaiian architecture and sacred structures.  Visitors to the Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau can view …

… We tell ourselves that there is just one ultimate reality out there, a single fixed world of … thinking, allowing the peoples we study to decide for themselves what was true and real in their experience, … and the future. Different Truths to Live By Every human community tells its own stories about the ultimate order of …

… swept across Russia in 1917 , Savinkov returned home and ultimately became Deputy War Minister in the Provisional … He would fight against the Bolshevik dictatorship, teaming up with western allies and anti-Bolshevik forces in … and sent to Vologda. It was there he decided to become a writer, sending his first short story to Maxim Gorky. …

… choices and agricultural systems is causing problems both for human health and the health of our planet. Solutions … Nicholas Breyfogle: Welcome to Diet for a Large Planet by The Ohio State … of this policy, as this graph shows, is declining food prices by the 1890s-1900. Food prices were lower than in …

… Here's why.   The Great Depression was the result of the combination of the 1929 financial crisis and serious … the chain of events that led to depression. When stock prices fell in October 1929, investors, financial … or investments based on them, short. Enormous losses for investment firms and banks followed. Despite government …

… Halprin A self-declared Socialist, he spent several of his formative years outside of Haifa, then Palestine , working on a kibbutz (a communal farm). When Halprin returned to the U.S. he trained … people lived with the modern landscape not merely visited it. His results have been mixed. When Halprin …

… Mao Zedong to Martin Luther King Jr., China has a long and complex history of interaction with African American movements for equal rights. Please join Ohio State University’s Melvin … unfortunately happened to him was he got caught up in what ultimately ultimately became a kidnapping case. There were a …

… WWII, the United States began to boldly pursue a global community modeled upon American political, economic, and … a grand slam, much to the dismay of their foreign hosts. Ultimately, at the White House Conference on Narcotic and … As any good historian should, we encourage our listeners to visit episode descriptions for citations to background …

… by thirty other countries, and by private companies. Some visitors recorded that they left simply overwhelmed by it … giants. The entire fair was powered by a huge twin-piston steam engine, rising 45 feet and made by the Corliss company … projects. Even before the recession settled in, the price tag on these projects—a billion dollars …

… •    Angela Brintlinger (Moderator), Director, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio … University •    Philip Kopatz, Graduate Student, Center for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, The Ohio … it through Ukraine and in the beginning of the century, the prices of gas and the prices of the cost of Ukraine services …

… to “barley, hops, and water.” At the time, a growing taste for the pale and crisp styles of beer produced by adding wheat to the brewer’s grist had been driving up prices for bread. The decree sought to standardize the price of beer per Maß (a Bavarian liter) and to limit competition for cereal grains used to bake bread. A …

… question difficult, but the great likelihood is that he’ll ultimately be counted among the pantheon of “great” … of the other rankings in the top ten — Bill Clinton (3), for example, outpolled George Washington (7) — seem unlikely … immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as …

… Join world-renowned historian Geoffrey Parker for a definitive history of the Spanish Armada. In July 1588 … finally clashed. Looking beyond the events of 1588 to the complex politics which made war between England and Spain … Armada deconstructs the many legends to reveal why, ultimately, the bold Spanish mission failed. Geoffrey Parker …

… a global crisis in food. A seemingly inexorable rise in the price of basic food supplies in 2007-2008 threatened poor … the early nineteenth century, when the British East India Company controlled an increasing swath of territory across … People eating, people washing, people sleeping. People visiting, arguing, and screaming. People thrusting their …

… by the global financial crisis. In 2008, world wheat prices reached a nineteen-year high, and over thirty … this figure was 25%. With the advent of the railway and steamship, it became cheaper to grow wheat in Montana or the … The failure to strengthen our global food system would ultimately lead to political and economic upheaval all over …

… world watched in amazement as events in Eastern Europe transformed the planet. Socialist states that had looked a … Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … part of this, you know, on the other, on the wrong side, ultimately, in our view at that point, of the, of this great …