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… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … uses interviews, oral histories, archival sound clips, and commentary and analysis by scholars in the field of … scholars and a unique perspective on history for popular audiences. The show is hosted by historians Gillian Frank and …

… easily between historical periods, and languages. Her command of her own discipline, political theory, and other … a more capacious understanding of political theory than one defined in terms of a parochial mapping of Western … a way that will appeal to specialists, and not a general audience. At times her language is convoluted and her …

… Supreme Court ruled that Clarence E. Hill, a Florida prisoner facing execution, had a constitutional right to … procedure — is counter-productive. It's impossible to completely humanize an execution. There's always suffering … barbiturate that's supposed to anesthetize the prisoner. The second is a neuro-muscular blocker that causes …

… The prominent reformer, Martin Luther boasts the most complex legacy of his contemporaries because of how he … exploring the legacy his life produced. Roper is not alone in this push to de-mystify Luther’s life and work. She … an age when noblemen had to prove their honour with their bodies.” Luther drew power from intellectual combat, while the …

… didn't move beyond their own self interest and embrace a common good. He called on Americans to unify themselves … words, "human identity is no longer defined by what one does, but by what one owns." Good leadership requires tough talk like this; it …

… a crucial test. Power had been transferred peacefully from one president to the next after a bitter electoral campaign. … to the rules of the Constitution, all will … unite in common efforts for the common good," he proclaimed. Two … Nikolas K. Gvosdev is a senior fellow for strategic studies at The Nixon Center in Washington and a writer for the …

… in silence as the defendants filed into the dock. Everyone stood as the four main judges and their alternates … alternate judge John Parker, French judge Henri Donnedieu de Vabres, French alternate judge Robert Falco. As the … from its worst impulses—how to create a new international community based on “respect for the human person” and belief …

… a search for past scandals to throw light on the present one. The press has been citing the sexual affairs of earlier … married in the 1790s before her divorce had officially become final. He won the election anyway, but she died of a stress-induced heart attack before he began his …

… fall of 1890, administration of the Pine Ridge Reservation, one of six Sioux Reservations in South Dakota, fell to … asked Big Foot, leader of the Minneconjou Teton Sioux, to come to Pine Ridge Reservation with his followers in hopes … east of Wounded Knee Creek. On the following morning the soldiers attempted to disarm the Indian camp. A shot rang out …

… the machine when I heard some Greek expletives and saw a commotion in front of me. The ATM ran out of money. I spent the next several hours scouring the city, but … occupied by Nazi Germany, Bulgaria, and Italy. German soldiers raising their flag over the Acropolis in 1941 ( left …

… American Revolution , and the Early American Republic. This compilation gathers together some of his important essays … developed into a stable, Protestant, constitutional one. In the final analysis, Murrin argues that the clearest … when we consider fragments as a whole. This can only be done by making connections between various historiographical …

… 25, 2012, we celebrate Isaac Newton’s 370 th birthday. On one hand, the man popularly famous for getting hit on the … he stood on the shoulders of giants, so perhaps he’d welcome the gift.   Newton is famous for Principia Mathematica … here . Or, to tailor your explanations to various audiences, try this hilarious guide from The Guardian . Most …

… cradle or poured the tea did not rule the world, and everyone knew it. But “lady,” the word, as well as idea, has … of all classes and races know a lady when we see one. She combines a highly attuned sense of others’ needs with an … something greater than themselves. Lady Bird Johnson embodied both kinds of ladies, the self-effacing and the …

… the fact that she thought he had “showed himself to be a complete idiot. “Why?” the perplexed reporter inquired. … as it is this year. And the reasons go far beyond the one we keep hearing about, that George W. Bush is the first … in 1932 is to call the Republicans’ bluff by playing not one, but a pair of Hoover cards: “consistency” and Bush’s …

… put Canada at the top of his list. Thus far, however, the incoming administration’s message to Canadians has been … states had the resources necessary to compete with the superpowers.   Halifax’s ideas were neither new nor … and subtly encouraged Ottawa to extend its commitment.   Nonetheless, Halifax’s public comments ignited a national …

… of personal virtue, but not a sufficient basis for a sound comprehensive energy policy,” he turned his back on a major … as to be inexhaustible.  Conservationists deflated what one historian has called “the myth of superabundance” and … D. Keith Naylor is an associate professor of religious studies at Occidental College in Los Angeles and a writer for …

… In the face of disasters we have come to expect that our governments will respond. … in the United States. Portrait of Roman Emperor Tiberius. None of these responses are new. When we reflect on the … erected statues of him. Tiberius then struck and circulated coins celebrating his rebuilding efforts, the ancient …

… the words “The End” on a popular, long-running American comedy named “The Roaring Twenties: The New Era of Eternal … economy, community-oriented values made a strong comeback.  One of the most common misconceptions about the Great … keep up with production. The inevitable collapse was postponed by selling products on credit to consumers who did not …

… with important aspects of the Ten Years' War. Chapter one examines the origins of the rivalry between Athens and … chapter two by the motivations and actions that led to the coming of the Ten Years' War. In chapter three, Lendon … and a grand reinterpretation into this extensively studied war. …

… solvency. Because big sinking funds are good policy, this one should be guarded, not raided. A sinking fund is a kind … Then it dedicates an amount of money every year out of incoming taxes to an account that goes to repay the bonds. … National Philadelphia” and director of American Culture Studies at Bowling Green State University. …