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A view of Cinicinnati in 1841. The waterways that brought cholera to the city feature prominently in this depiction.

Pandemic Redux: Revisiting Cincinnati’s 1849 Cholera in the Age of COVID-19

… In August 1849, President Zachary Taylor declared a national day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, but … with much truth, as the dirtiest city of its kind in the Union. Some of the gutters in the principal streets are so … in part, by Ohio Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, …
Mourning banners hung at the south gate of Beijing university in the aftermath of the 1989 June 4th incident in Beijing

Survivor: the Chinese Communist Party

… But the party has also gotten lucky breaks in the international arena and been helped by unexpected post-1989 … Global/Transnational … Diplomacy/International Relations …
Margaret Gorman, winner of the first Miss America Pageant in 1922.

Beauty Pageants and American Politics

… despite many attempts, no beauty pageant caught on as a national, annual event. Then, in August of 1920 American … from across the county to compete in what was now a truly national event. The modern beauty pageant industry was born. …
Pancho Villa and followers.

Mexico’s Great Transition

… for seven decades. The transition of power to the National Action Party (PAN) is taking place peacefully and …
Dr. Aleš Hrdlička

“No law can change our blood"

Review of Blood Will Tell: Native Americans and Assimilation Policy, by Katherine Ellinghaus Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
From left to right, Attorney General John Ashcroft and FBI Director Robert Mueller in 2001.

Attorneys General Who Cry Wolf

… a fierce rhetorical whipping. Newspapers declared him a “national menace,” “full of hot air.” He had warned once too …
Members of the Free Officers welcomed by crowds in Cairo in January 1953.

The Egyptian Middle Class Is Disgruntled. Again.

… of state employees to balloon. In the next few years Nasser nationalized all major branches of the economy. A classic … ensue. Guy Laron is a lecturer in the Department of International Relations, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. …
Habana Lions Baseball Players 1946-47

Baseball Without Borders

Review of Havana Hardball: Spring Training, Jackie Robinson, and the Cuban League, by Cesar Brioso (Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2015).
… how 1947, the year marking racial integration in the National League, was a critical year in the history of Cuban … important role played by Cuba in integrating the American National League.  However, beyond his brief exploration of …
Shells of burnt-out busses after a suicide bombing

The Terrors of Suicide Bombing

… Jeffrey Lewis . I'm a lecturer in the undergraduate International Studies Program here at Ohio State University. I'm … situation. On the first day of the German invasion of the Soviet Union in June 1941. There are over 100 instances of Soviet … Global/Transnational
Custis Lee (1832–1913) on horseback in front of the Jefferson Davis Memorial in Richmond, Virginia on June 3, 1907, reviewing Confederate Reunion Parade.

Trent Lott and the Collapse of Southern Mythology

… ghosts of Southern history have become important players in national politics. The fallout from Trent Lott’s tribute to … limited government to boast of how he had brought national largesse to Mississippi. In doing so, he …
Painted poster of Saddam Hussein riddled with bullet holes in 2003.

Hybrid Justice for Hussein

… should Saddam answer to — a domestic Iraqi court or an international tribunal? Washington wants to avoid creating … declined to ratify the 1998 Rome Statute creating the International Criminal Court, the United States does not want now … precedent for a domestic leader to be tried by an international institution. It fears that efforts to establish an …