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Harry Beck’s London Underground Railway map, designed in 1931 and released to the public in 1933.

All Aboard!: A Train Ride through the British Twentieth Century in 100 Maps

Review of A History of the Twentieth Century in 100 Maps, by Tim Bryars and Tom Harper (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2014)
… alliance railway, the United States, and our nemesis, the Soviet Union , this train continues its ascent to the peak of … Press, 2014) … Keshia Lai … Reviews … Europe … Global/Transnational … Infrastructure/Transportation … Cities/Urban & …
One of Havana's plazas without a church.

A Postcard From Havana, Cuba

… U.S.’s impression of Castro hardened when he took steps to nationalize U.S. corporations in Cuba, and drew the island into closer and closer alignment with the Soviet Union. As a result, the U.S. imposed a financial and …

Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts: How Neo-Nazis and Ancient Greeks Met in Charlottesville

… via Twitter]. From marble statuary employed by the white nationalist group Identity Evropa to the prominent display … to debunk the use of classical history by today’s white nationalists, we are swimming against a tradition that … to the characterization of a group at the Republican National Convention as “loud, unhappy, and dissatisfied …
Women from Guadalupe photographed at Ellis Island on their way to Montreal to take on domestic positions, April 6th , 1911.

Black Canadians and Pandemics

… in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, … in this content do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. … Karen Flynn … …
Rep Joe WIlson fan club with a poster that reads, "You lie!"

Brooks to Thurmond to Wilson

… system that they were the very first to secede from the Union. Edmund Ruffin, a transplant to South Carolina from …

Policing the Police: A Civil Rights Story

… II , the U.S. government was increasingly sensitive to international criticism of domestic racial tensions, the … of World War II and the ideological battle with the Soviets rendered the “Gestapo tactics” of local police more … riots erupted in the Watts neighborhood in 1965. Drawing national media attention, the Watts riots and the brute …
Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade, by Donald Critchlow Book Cover.

Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade

Review of Phyllis Schlafly and Grassroots Conservatism: A Woman's Crusade, by Donald Critchlow (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2005)
… conservatism, the bulk of this stuff should be avoided. National Review editor Jonah Goldberg penned the above words … a whole. Citing women's participation in such groups as the National Federation of Republican Women and the Daughters of …
FDR and Churchill at the Atlantic Conference in 1941.

A New Atlantic Charter?

… also wanted to define a role for the United States in international affairs while increasing cooperation with the … rise to the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.   Today, the United States and … points of view in using natural resources and handling international relations. There is so far little chemistry between …
Collapsed bridge

America's Infrastructure Challenge

… So to start off, your organization, the ASCE, produces a national report card every four years. Can you briefly … The concept for that actually started in 1988 with the National Council on Public Works Improvement. They issued a … the moment when these infrastructure projects are seen as a national priority.   Dr. Clay Howard  One of the things that …
Scene in Ukraine

Ukraine, In a Nutshell

Review of The Conflict in Ukraine: What Everyone Needs to Know, by Serhy Yekelchyk (New York: Oxford University Press, 2015).
Ellis Island, New York City.

Hiding Behind Reform

… A similar effort in New York City in August made national headlines. What’s significant about the controversy … claims that its billboard campaign is intended to force a national debate on immigration policy. It is a serious …
Earth covered in trees and water

"Pale Blue Dot": History of Our Environment

… what that history kind of continues today. In an international perspective, particularly as an historian of … relationship with questions of the environment and international intervention, right. So in some ways that that … something that I would actually say in some ways that international pressure that the Earth Day kind of helped, help …
A crowd of protesters at night in Sudan

Sudan: Popular Protests, Today and Yesterday

… chant, directed at Bashir: “Just fall — that’s all.” International observers have suggested that the uprising in Sudan … freely to the Arab League Summit, as well as the African Union Summit. The only time there was an attempt [was] when … So basically,  you could see that even now, the African Union, was also trying to play a very dubious role in the …

Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya

… and social strife. On February 20, 2008, on a local National Public Radio station an "expert" said that the … but also greed, corruption, and a realpolitik in which international pressures have exerted significant influences. When … a one-party state dominated by the Kenyan African National Union (KANU) party founded by Kenyatta. They have held …
Perry speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland.

Governor Perry’s Vice-Presidential Mistake

… servant can contribute in important ways to addressing national and international problems.  The position gives the president the advice of an experienced national political leader and allows the government to deal …