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… been a minor Jewish festival. Yet this holiday — which commemorates the successful Israelite revolt in the second … assimilate into the prevailing Hellenistic culture — has become “the Jewish Christmas.” How did this happen? And is it … Sabbath. Sklare attributed the holiday’s popularity to its easy accommodation to Christmas rituals and its …

… weapons. A breakthrough on this critical issue could come as part of an overall commitment toward deeper, verifiable nuclear arms cuts. Such a commitment could also be aided by the Comprehensive Nuclear …

… Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children features a memorable … of waterways serves as a metaphor for the subcontinent’s complicated post-colonial coming of age. Favoring academic history over Rushdie’s magical realism, Keay’s work examines the history of …

… infection, caused by Vibrio cholerae, caused patients’ bodies to waste away in a matter of hours due to sudden … the poor’s living conditions. In Great Britain, Poor Law Commissioner Edwin Chadwick, from the miasma school, began … sewer design for stopping the spread. One point had become especially clear: sanitation was key to creating a …

… the British military. Yet, they also inherited the English common law tradition of regulating arms. English statutes … security and linked bearing arms to civic duty. Despite its common invocation today by gun rights advocates as the … for the military, lawmakers asked military officers to compare the safety and effectiveness of firearms …

… "has nothing to do with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their … Americans in Charleston also built a cemetery for Union soldiers who had died as prisoners of war, and they came by the thousands to …

… single kilometer. Although the only electric vehicle at the competition, the Jeantaud handily beat its gasoline-powered competition at the Parc Agricole d’Achères outside Paris.  … gasoline vehicles with their notable engine kickback.  Cheap oil and the standardization of electric starters to …

… in Paris and perfectly good French wine poured down the gutter in Peoria, this year we’re finally at liberty to … French Louisianians like myself no longer have much in common with our cousins in Paris. But in 1803, following the … the governor learned to loosen his collar a little, to compromise, to speak French, and to practice crafty …

… As the international community struggles to respond effectively to the missile … intentions of its founder’s to allow each great power a comprehensive veto over any international action that might … and President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not agree on the composition or role of the future organizations executive …

… Celebrity .  Fred Inglis, Emeritus Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sheffield, is the author of more … of intense familiarity with distance.  This is the "compound" that makes the celebrity sacred in modern society: … effects and costume, its revelation of intimacy, of the bodies and spirits of those it pictures, it serves to mimic …

… the world, trailing only Russia. The prison industry has become big business: billions of dollars are being spent on … reprisals and crackdowns on inmate reading material became common. Television replaced reading as the preferred source …

… or the Republican who aspires to succeed him. If so, the outcome will reinforce conclusions previously drawn from the … the conduct of national security policy. That legacy deeply compromises our constitutional system. Lessons drawn from Watergate, Iran-Contra, and the relatively easy Bush-Cheney avoidance of impeachment are discernible in …

… drawing to a close, the ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout … be raised from the dead by invoking the memory of fallen soldiers. But the civil-rights movement of the mid-20th century … for the future. Robert E. Bonner is the author of "The Soldier's Pen: Firsthand Impressions of the Civil War" (2006) …

… instance, crossed the Atlantic and settled in England, becoming members of the English aristocracy and elite British … peers, Tinniswood generally accepts that the lords and ladies who owned these country houses were benevolent …

… August 22, 1485, King Richard III of England (r. 1483-1485) died fighting in the Battle of Bosworth Field. The victor, … the king’s history in the centuries after his death.  It is easy to see Henry and Richard as polar opposites, especially … of Richard. Its main character, detective Alan Grant, has a gut feeling that Richard is innocent after looking at a …

… inaccurate, always misapplied metaphor that unnecessarily complicates our thinking surrounding religion and politics.  … "prayers for the protection and blessing of the Common Father and Creator of man." Most other Founders … state, should not be construed as keeping the two realms completely separate. The evidence is plentiful. The same …

… differences? Opponents of Electoral College reform commonly respond that the federal government should not … geographic and population apportionment safeguards smaller communities’ important interests. It’s an argument as old as … subdivision. John Tyler would approve. K. R. Constantine Gutzman teaches history at John Jay College, City University …

… by the idea that the present seems pretty terrible in comparison with the past, even if that past is mythic or not … thing, and Rasmussen pairs each founder with a particular complaint. For Washington, it was partisanship. Even as he … lived longer he might have only grown gloomier. It probably comes as less of a surprise that John Adams disapproved. He …

… Although the United States has often wavered from that commitment, the tragic events of Sept. 11 compel us to return to it, more today than ever before. Few … from a more powerful British empire. Washington, then commander of the Continental Army, wanted to replace the …

… as the case might be. If we really want to engage the community with historical thinking, a better model might be … facilitator who makes the past relatable to a broad audience. While most academics may not have access to a … television channels to hundreds, as well as thousands of websites and blogs, means that it may be a mistake to refer …

… through the veto or some other device, such a force could become the rogue force the U.N. founders feared. But our … of major human rights violations, and which could not become an international troublemaker. Not an easy challenge.  Bradley did not provide any details about …

… to American historians, frequently recited in religious studies classes, and often skewered in popular culture, e.g., … and the Book of Mormon have captivated an American audience. There is little question that such interest will not …