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… “Republic of Texas” pipe dream and has chosen to risk his future among the javelinas, cougars, and rattlesnakes. If he hasn’t been rescued by his compatriots, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the … was annexed in 1846 — under unusual circumstances, to be sure. To overcome abolitionist objections, President John …

… Personal connections linked disparate nationalist struggles across the globe through advocacy networks. However, … available Open Access for free download on the Cambridge website .  The Moderator of this event is Nicholas Breyfogle, … Peoples in 2007 is you have the same politics of sort of accreditation, like how indigenous communities actually access …

… nongovernmental contexts. D2.Civ.2.6-8. Explain specific roles played by citizens (such as voters, jurors, taxpayers, … forces, petitioners, protesters, and office-holders) This lesson plan introduces students to the term infrastructure, … spending to build its infrastructure, asking its readers to come to their conclusion of what works best. I chose to use …

… of the war, even placing two of the characters on opposite sides of the conflict. Historical information is … (1994) Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) began developing computer games in 1979, but only established itself as a … taken more creative license. Despite its over-the-top absurdity at times, Dynasty Warriors 3 and its cousins all …

… after a long day at work, and to keep their houses spotless. At the same time, a distinct group of white, educated, middle-class women were overcome with a sense of gratitude. Friedan had explained their … that many women who read Friedan's book were reassured that the isolation they felt taking care of home and …

… Accurate employment statistics for the period are hard to come by, but according to some accounts, the national … American cities formed emergency committees to cope with surging unemployment. According to one survey, almost a … committee to study how the United States could stave off future economic downturns. By the end of the 1920s, the …

… parties, struggle with their sexuality, track “likes” and “comments” on Facebook, experience domestic abuse, and dream … and culture. Only then can we begin to understand the future of the world’s largest island.  Beginnings Between … of telephone eventually played by writers who had never visited Greenland, reports through the centuries grew more …

… past will help transform the way we see the present and the future. Different Truths to Live By Every human community tells its own stories about the ultimate order of … life and health of the community is staked. When one then surveys the different models of reality that communities …

… year of anticipating “Y2K” has served to remind us that the computers we call “personal” actually answer to specialized … corporate executives. Blackouts offer a similarly troubling lesson: the technological “progress” that marks modern American life has resulted in decreasing measures of both competence and control by ordinary citizens …

… in state and local races across the land.  Many pundits are comparing this election to the election of 1994, when anger … was quite a radical document — though quite the opposite of the proposals of today's Tea Party.  It called for … "postal savings banks" so they would have easier access to credit.   As a brand new party in 1892, the Populists did …

… 2018, President Donald Trump made a set of disparaging comments about Puerto Rico. They underscored just how little … and the Hill: Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) Site of the Fuerzas Armadas de Liberación Nacional (FALN) … Manhattan on October 26, 1974. The next year, the FALN took credit for a series of bombings in New York, Chicago, and …

… you do not discuss religion, sex, or politics in polite company. Sex to one side, in America’s Religious Wars, … relations through the lens of religion or through its opposite, secularism. Conflict between these one-or-the-other … to agree on visions, solutions, and resolutions, for the future of national life. Through the three sections of her …

… are awful, and recently, as the number of COVID deaths surpassed 100,000, the New York Times ran a front-page story … 1933, had to confront that crisis, and his response holds lessons we might well heed. FDR won an overwhelming victory … everyone thought Roosevelt was up to the task. Political commentator Walter Lippmann called him “a kind of amiable …

… to bring the guilty parties to justice and to prevent future episodes of terrorism. What kind of war will the … advocated by Secretary of State Colin Powell? Or will war come in the form of numerous military strikes that engage … but it produced outcomes that took American strategists by surprise, even though they might have known better. When …

… flawed, short-sighted and time-bound that story really was. Surely, 1963 was the single most important year in … for “a work of supererogation” so he could explain to the less well educated friend what “a work of supererogation” … suits and a sober public demeanor helped to clarify things. Surprisingly, Time’s coverage of King as “Man of the Year” …

… Liu Bang, who founded the Han Empire.” Historians today are less hasty to ascribe such influence to individual leaders. … Braudel, who likened events and individuals to mere “surface disturbances, crests of foam that the tides of … of China’s greatest imperial dynasty was, like Mao, a commoner. As with many dynastic founders, it is difficult to …

… Johann Gmelin (1709-55) was so captivated by the industrial sites of “Catharinenburg” that he visited twice—on his path … to and from Siberia in 1734 and again in September 1742, commenting from Nev’iansk: “I had little interaction with … of the Savior Cathedral, which itself perches on the tallest hill of the town. View from the Savior Cathedral bell …

… With election day less than a year away, President Bush must justify something … on “the near absence among the men I worked with… of any comprehension of what Nazism meant.” Commentator Dwight … accompanied by the minimum of human meaning.” An official survey of Army Air Corpsmen in 1944 confirmed these …

… It will not be easy lighting Chanukah candles this year.  Like all Jews, I grew up hearing the story … soldiers, like the Maccabees, were fighting for Jewish survival. Now the descendants of the Maccabees are the … Surely they know that nothing brings people together like a common enemy. But in the United States, the "rally round the …

… that isn't cruel? The answer is no. We should draw a lesson from past failures to invent an ideal form of … procedure — is counter-productive. It's impossible to completely humanize an execution. There's always suffering … of a person. Past executions look barbarically cruel, but future executions may turn out to be barbarically anodyne. …

… needed for decisions we’re stuck with. The Framers weren’t comfortable with slender majorities when the nation’s … with foreign countries obligate the nation far into the future. They override contrary federal and state legislation … constitutional amendment. But a 60-percent consensus does assure that a decision irreversible for decades to come has …

… countries experienced food riots. "Hunger seasons" have become the norm in many parts of the global south, and women … west, however, what strikes us is not hunger, but its opposite: obesity. According to a recent World Health … allowed speculation: the Liverpool corn exchange authorized futures trading in 1883. This food system also displaced …

… of the Turkish Republic since its founding in 1923: the uncompromising secularism of the first Turkish president, … political spectrum. Thus, the political showdown which is sure to come—and will almost certainly remake the very … however, could alienate many Turkish nationalist voters in future elections. To be sure, the ultra-nationalists of …