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The Black Death and Its Aftermath

When it was over, the populations of Europe, China, and India were cut by a third to a half.
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“Aux amateurs de physique.” Likewise portraying the Tuileries flight, this cartoon mocks the unwashed masses who wished to see the spectacle without a ticket, but the scaling of the garden walls also illustrates how the balloon as a “people-machine” ignited the determination of the poorer, disempowered social strata to overcome restraints imposed on them by the authoritarian regime.

Public Perceptions: Ballooning and Political Culture

Review of The Imagined Empire: Balloon Enlightenments in Revolutionary Europe, by Mi Gyung Kim (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2016)
… in Revolutionary Europe , the balloon became the national artifact of late eighteenth-century France , …
1935 cartoon by Vaughn Shoemaker in which he parodied the New Deal as a card game with alphabetical agencies.

The Auto Bailout: a Bad Deal

… created jobs for the unemployed, while others, such as the National Industrial Recovery Act's industrial policy, helped …
President Richard Nixon

Republican Character

Review of Republican Character: From Nixon to Reagan, by Donald T. Critchlow (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2018)
… poor electoral timing led to consistent shortcomings on the national stage. Critchlow compares Nixon and Rockefeller in …
Pieter Bruegel the Elder's 1562 painting "The Triumph of Death" depicts the turmoil Europe experienced as a result of the plague.

The Black Death and its Aftermath

… It also set the stage for the rise of stronger national identities and ultimately for the Reformation that … the 1721 plague outbreak in Marseille. As with the rise of national universities, the building of quarantine structures … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, …
Capture of the Pirate Blackbeard, 1718 depicting the battle between Blackbeard and Robert Maynard in Ocracoke Bay; romanticized depiction by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris from 1920.

Why Piracy Remains a Threat

… The anti-militarism of the 1780s gave way to a more nationalistic spirit, but as a concession to older attitudes … really state-sanctioned privateers whose profits went into national treasuries. Because Somalian pirates are not …
Captured soldiers along the march with their hands tied behind their backs

The Bataan Death March

… at the outset of the Bataan Death March. (Photo from National Guard) The troops immediately went on half rations; … march with their hands tied behind their backs. (Photo from National Archives) Japanese cultural attitudes made matters … carry comrades too weak to walk along the road. (Photo from National Archives) The news of the “Death March” eventually …
The Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, which was constructed by the Umayyads in the 8th century.

Islamic Imperialism: A History

Review of Islamic Imperialism: A History, by Efraim Karsh (New Haven, Yale University Press, 2006)
… Nasser skillfully blended the competing demands of Egyptian nationalism and pan-Arabism. Egypt was portrayed as the … of the United Arab Republic in 1958, a nominal political union between Egypt and Syria, was Nasser's high-water mark. …

Two Popes and a Primate: The Changing Face of Global Christianity

… than ever before. Then Francis rapidly emerged as an international media star. His down-to-earth style, which included … serves as the spiritual leader of the global Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal Church in the United … Jesus, with whom the Son of God came into some kind of union. But this position offended even many ordinary …
Motorcycle and sidecar with an advertisement for the Popolo d'Italia newspaper.

A Media King Becomes Prime Minister (Again)

… establishment and participate effectively in the European Union. When the “clean hands” magistrates investigated … were subsidized by patrons abroad, including both the Soviet Union and the United States and rake-offs from private …

What's All Happening at the Zoo?

… to the zoo’s lions. This story reverberated through international news. Zoo spokespeople told the world that the … boy sat between his legs. Harambe’s death sparked an international controversy. Some blamed the incident on the boy’s … the noise, pollution, and bustle of the city, and with a nationalizing experience. As citizens strolled through a …