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… visions of Malthus, Ehrlich, and other doomsayers have not come to pass.  Drawing on a rich variety of government … deaths due to any particular famine because of incomplete records and because death tolls are often politically … was available but expensive, people often purchased food on credit, which provided a short-term defense against hunger …

… Talk , hosts Patrick Potyondy and Leticia Wiggins welcome historians  Nicholas Breyfogle and  Theodora … Leticia Wiggins   This is your host Leticia Wiggins and welcome to History Talk , smart conversations about today's … Wiggins. You can find our podcasts and more at our website origins.osu.edu on iTunes and on SoundCloud, and as …

… Loving v. Virginia , the most pertinent film is Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1968), which features a stirring defense … in which lovers look at each other, rather than in opposite directions. Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and … on the couch laughing at the TV. As Nichols’ film ends, the credits reveal the actual photograph of the Lovings on the …

… and dry places, like much of the American West, will become even more parched. John Wesley Powell is rolling over … the agricultural equivalent of paying your mortgage with a credit card — the bank catches up with you eventually. In …

… view of wartime Washington. On most mornings, Lincoln commuted into the city, but during hot summer months his … successful free black residents. In the course of his daily commute and evening strolls, Lincoln encountered thousands … Soldiers’ Home and talked with disgruntled soldiers. He visited the wounded. Yet those sometimes painful interactions …

… administrations that deemed the application of force a welcome distraction from domestic problems. At the same time, … the military and the resulting decisive Egyptian defeat discredited Nasser, the erstwhile hero of the 1956 Suez Crisis … offensive mindset—“Rabin’s Schlieffenplan,” (145) as Laron coins it in pointed allusion. Rabin's "Schlieffenplan:" an …

… significant opposition, the Bush administration quickly complied with the terror-list demand (in return for certain … dispute was now resolved. "I am profoundly disappointed," complained Florida Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen. "By … access to materials related to the DPRK. North Korean records, of course, remain inaccessible (if they exist at …

… the last decades of the 20th century. Tales of Americans committing atrocities in Korea have persisted for decades. … Calley of killing 22 villagers at My Lai. He may have become a sort of folk hero during his trial and was later … the moral fabric of their nation will not allow them to become war criminals, even if that means losing a war. It is …

… over the Clinton scandal. Yet overlooked in the stampede to compare Bill Clinton to Richard Nixon is the fact that … a Southerner and white supremacist, utterly refused to accommodate the Radicals’ plans for Reconstruction. Even … exuding false empathy, who utterly lacks the requisite character necessary to preside in the Oval Office. …

… in a sea of political corruption, a caring man genuinely committed to protecting consumers, promoting peace and … this vote will be a real blow against corruption and complacency and a powerful statement for the environment and … showing great strength at the expense of the other; both credited him with more support than he really had. But what …

… of the early martyrs are wildly exaggerated, if not completely fictional. But later, better documented deaths … 26 Roman Catholics were crucified in Japan in 1597. Compared with this, a single blasphemous painting seems … They are directed at evangelical Christians.” Falwell’s comments come after the slaughter of eight people at a …

… King. Jury selection began November 15. The case hardly comes as a surprise. In recent years, the King family has … a fairly straightforward case like the King assassination become complicated with such stale, predictable theories that it …

… With the horrific assault of Sept. 11, “terrorism” has become the new American watchword and scourge. Yet as George … nor anyone else has defined what terrorism is or where it comes from. Doing so may help us to face a frightening … the wheelchair-bound American Leon Klinghoffer during the commandeering of the cruise ship Achille Lauro remain etched …

… immortality. A better approach than polling is to compare Reagan with past presidents who are now regarded as … Reagan left office. Great presidents are also effective communicators. Lincoln was the finest speechmaker in … of presidential greats are the black marks against his record — his disregard for the environment, his failure to …

… us from the ravages of modern warfare, or if they will become the appliances of Orwellian control. What is remarkable … aerial weapons since World War I and has deployed drones in combat in every major conflict since World War II. Since … raids on American cities. In 1945 Admiral Jonas H. Ingram, commander in chief of the Atlantic Fleet, caused a …

… Howard Dean’s current bid to chair the Democratic National Committee is a test case of his political viability. It’s … in five minutes. The seemingly endless repetition of the recording ensured that charges ranging from insensitivity to … by his spirited speech. Should the Democratic National Committee chairmen elect him as its new head Feb. 12, it …

… The Crimea that most people have come to know is a peninsula occupied by Russian forces, … infected with the plague over city walls—one of the first recorded cases of biological warfare in human history. … the importance of Crimea to Russia, as the ancient site where, according to medieval Russian documents, Prince …

… available Open Access for free download on the Cambridge website .  The Moderator of this event is Nicholas Breyfogle, … its advocacy Michael Scott. And it was at a construction site. Which was exactly what I was working on. I was … Peoples in 2007 is you have the same politics of sort of accreditation, like how indigenous communities actually access …

… years now, those of us who study the ancient world have become progressively aware that American Neo-Nazis, white … Evropa to the prominent display of the Parthenon on the website of the Neo-Nazi forum Stormfront, classical texts and … immigration. Though over a century old, and thoroughly discredited by scholars, Frank’s article is required reading …

… my guests are historians. We look back and study what has come before and  this …this is a decidedly forward looking … Sarah Paxton, and thank you for listening to  Prologued . (Credits.) This season of Prologued was brought to you by … Oranjudio. Song and band information can be found on our website, and we encourage our listeners to visit episode …

… this region has also been central to Ukraine’s complex journey to define itself. In the Soviet era and in … build a national movement with those they viewed as their compatriots living in imperial Russia , rich and often … of life in the rapidly changing Russian empire.  Even a common religious foundation eluded these groups, with …

… that these and other countries were entering into a competitive spiral of devaluations in an effort to export … contained. Trade in East Asia was fueled in part by silver coins from Mexico. Prior to the Meiji Restoration of 1868 in … about free trade nonetheless remains popular. Quite the opposite was the case, however. The currency war of the 1930s …