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… War (2020). The “fruit of a multinational, multilingual effort by fifteen scholars,” this collection of essays … and development. Latin America is a vast region comprising 33 individual countries in the southern half of … Argentina’s otherwise “tepid” approach to a third way never truly abandoned its “strong, consistent pro-United …

… supply global agriculture with one of its most important commodities: synthetic fertilizer. In the process, the … industry leaves behind a scarred landscape denuded of vegetation and pocked with vividly colored waste disposal … to believe that they had found an easy and affordable way to counter a significant public health problem. However, …

… has been humbled and our progress facilitated by this awful visitation. The advent of the white man had else not been so … These vaccines required refrigeration, which complicated getting them into the countryside, but local technicians … so successful that the goal of rinderpest eradication gave way to satisfaction with rinderpest control. Unfortunately, …

… two women previously held the office of acting governor for a short time—gubernatorial assistant Caroline B. Shelton … William B. Ross died while governor in October 1924 from complications following an emergency appendectomy. The … and tenure as governor. Therefore, each woman provided a way for those who were in power because of their husbands to …

… a narrative worthy of the hype. Even if she had not committed and been tried for murder, Laura Fair would have been a colorful subject … for the defense and prosecution portrayed her in different ways to try to convince the jury of her guilt or innocence. …

… chemists had worked to find an organizing principle that encompassed all of the known elements and that could be … poised to destroy the periodic system. Chemists had always considered elements to be substances that could not … gaps left in the table?  Chemists and physicists working together began to understand the structure of the atom and …

… to Understand the Middle East…Doesn’t It?” —  Jane Hathaway  of Ohio State's History Department offered a challenge … and policymakers who seem unable to offer sound strategies for the Mideast. In this episode, hosts Leticia Wiggins and … Baltacioglu-Brammer , Patrick Scharfe ,  and  Jane Hathaway  — to lay out what you really need to know to understand …

… Australia, the Jordan River, and the Nile; to the many ways that climate change has transformed people across the centuries; our endless search for energy and power; and global efforts at nature … of California's water patterns can help us has given way to the driest January on plan for the future record, and …

… This month, our BOH (Best in History Online) pick comes in the form of a website dedicated to reinventing the way we think about mapping. HyperCities: Thick Mapping in …

… to succeed. In fact, it will probably backfire. Once before, Israel — under the pretext of a justifiable military … Only U.S. diplomacy then prevented a bad situation from getting even worse. And only U.S. diplomacy can prevent the … War Europe" (2006), he is also a writer for the History News Service. …

… Baker as co-chair, Carter will lead a national bipartisan commission on election reform. His prestige and experience … former presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush came together to sustain public awareness and raise funds for the … but they don’t do much for the nation. There ought to be a way to encourage former presidents to remain active and …

… of Liverpool, once famously told an interviewer, "You only get out of the game what you put into it. And I put … opportunity to delve into a subject dear to my heart but completely outside of my own research. Much to my delight, … and European politics. Kuper's treatment of Dutch soccer before, during, and after World War II is both responsible and …

… nature played an enormous role in events this week. For centuries, Southern California has burned, especially in … parch the already dried landscape. In these conditions, one gets the feeling that the indigenous scrubland as well as … are offering time, money and supplies. Inter-agency communication is decidedly better. And the city owns a …

… Conflict has defined Arab-Israeli relationships for many decades, with the interstate warfare of the 1940s-1980s giving way in the 1990s and after to a roiling confrontation … In this webinar, Professor  Peter L. Hahn  analyzes the complicated situation in Gaza in its historical and …

… cougars, and rattlesnakes. If he hasn’t been rescued by his compatriots, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the … Texas Rangers will have no trouble locating him. Just look for the circle of buzzards. Actually, his reading of … of Congress. Since the Constitution provides no correct way to annex territory, this method seems as valid as the …

… as dissimilar as two viruses could possibly be. Yet, the ways in which the Soviet Union reacted to the arrival of … Editor: Kristin Osborne We thank the Stanton Foundation for their funding of this and other Origins projects. This … for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this content do not necessarily …

… from around the world will assemble to attempt to find a way forward on the perilous problem of human-induced climate …

… 370 th birthday. On one hand, the man popularly famous for getting hit on the head with an apple could probably think … he stood on the shoulders of giants, so perhaps he’d welcome the gift.   Newton is famous for Principia Mathematica … his Jewish religious training around age 12 , Einstein always maintained that reverence for the “mysterious”—for the …

… nations of Europe have almost fully yoked themselves together under a single encompassing charter. What's more, the boundaries of the … guidance. But their failure to follow some of the Framers' ways has been a costly mistake. Constitutions are particular …

… Saint (~ 988) to the present, and it would require dozen visits to Ukraine to understand the land and its people. … the reader.   The reviewer’s photos during the peaceful component of the pro-democracy EuroMaidan protests.  … Ukrainian crisis. Conflict, whether on land or sea, is always dynamic and as such, maps are vital in discussing the …

… there are also monumental environmental victories, and therefore hope. One such hopeful victory is found in the story of … It aimed to kill 20 animals for museum dioramas, so that visitors at least might see what once had been. Anyone … ethics of the robber barons. Between 1871 and 1883, commercial hide hunters slaughtered buffalo by the millions. …