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This 1878 engraving shows the chaos at the scene of the Boston Massacre

The Boston Massacre

… extremely tense. Governor Thomas Hutchinson, the highest-ranking British administrator in the Province of Massachusetts … the British military occupation was clearly untenable. Seeking to calm the situation, Hutchinson arrested Preston and … United Kingdom …
The Beatles running down a street toward the camera

The Beatles, Rock, and Race in America

After John, Paul, George and Ringo brought the British Invasion across the Atlantic, rock and roll saw a resurgence that helped cement what many people called “race music” as a core part of American identity.
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A 1939 reconstruction of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The Treaty of Waitangi

… settlements have recognized Māori tribal identities making some, but not all, tribes significant players in New … United Kingdom …
The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain, by Nicholas B. Dirks book cover.

The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain

Review of The Scandal of Empire: India and the Creation of Imperial Britain, by Nicholas B. Dirks (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2006)
… Halliburton to Whitewater and cocaine busts and teenage drinking, political scandals are ever-present in American media. … Hastings trial throughout the book is one of its most striking strengths. Dirks' impressive ability to link the trial … United Kingdom …
A group of boys at Chirec International School in India playing Cricket, 2015.

Cricket without Boundaries: The Story of a Global Game

… of the 2024 World Cup. The United States, who were making their tournament debut, defeated the established … oldest form of the game, with the first official match taking place in 1877. The name reflects the demanding nature … Afghans, the Taliban lifted its ban on cricket in 2000, making it the only sport approved in Afghanistan.  The fall of …
Cover of A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty by Kirsten McKenzie.

What's in a Name?

Review of A Swindler's Progress: Nobles and Convicts in the Age of Liberty , by Kirsten McKenzie (Cambridge, MA and London: Harvard University Press, 2010)
… details—overly familiar talk with his "servant," a strikingly Scottish accent, "vulgarisms" in his speech, and poor … McKenzie would have integrated her own experience working with the sources and the questions they raised more … told story.  It deserves a wide audience, and anyone looking for a gripping and global story about a pivotal era …
Chartwell, the country estate of Winston Churchill

By Invitation Only

Review of The Long Weekend: Life in the English Country House, 1918-1939, by Adrian Tinniswood New York: Basic Books, 2016
… and its offspring, the Arts and Crafts movement” (82). Looking back on the past, these new owners sought to invoke a … such an environment in contrast to stately palaces, like Buckingham Palace and Sandringham House A drawing of … United Kingdom …
The Boston Massacre March 5, 1770 painting by William L. Champney depicting British soldiers with guns raised toward Black man

The Boston Massacre

The “Boston Massacre,” was a turning-point in relations between American colonists and British authorities, and provided one of the sparks that would ignite the American Revolution.
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Jurassic Park sign

Who's Afraid of Jurassic Park?

… those long extinct dinosaurs fascinate us so? by Josephine King "\"I"fho's afraid of Jurassic Park? Not VV too many … propagating a one-shot explanation for creation, Josephine King has a degree in Geography and Anthropology from London … recordsocieties well before our advent changed breaking movie of the same name as well the way we view the …
The Jamestown Project, by Karen Ordahl Kupperman Book Cover

The Jamestown Project

Review of The Jamestown Project, by Karen Ordahl Kupperman (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007)
… The Jamestown Project. This book will surprise readers looking to delve immediately into the adventures of Captain … United Kingdom …
This painting by Jean-Baptiste de Saive (1562) portrays the environment of the kitchen as a place of making. As Wall argues, the kitchen was one of the main spaces for women to create and experiment.

Kitchen Wisdom

Review of Recipes for Thought: Knowledge and Taste in the Early Modern English Kitchen, by Wendy Wall (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016).
… recipes…offered practitioners the occasion for undertaking and scrutinizing nothing less than world making” (3). The recipe archive, she argues, offers a … portrays the environment of the kitchen as a place of making. As Wall argues, the kitchen was one of the main spaces …
This stamp features the first stanza of Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Concord Hymn."

The “Shot Heard Round the World”: April 19, 1775 and the American Revolutionary War

… painted the British Redcoats as brutal aggressors, attacking civilians and destroying private property. In fact, as … as the exhausted Redcoats were pursued back to Boston, taking fire from all directions, including from inside and … discharged in the process of being loaded, thus provoking the volley from the British. But undoubtedly we will …
battle scene of men with axes fighting men on horseback

1066: The Normans Conquer England

The Battle of Hastings, which took place on October 14, 1066 was a pivotal moment in the invasion from across the English Channel that resulted in the conquest of Anglo-Saxon England by William, the French Duke of Normandy.
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Image reading "there is no news tonight"

“No News Day” at the BBC

… that regard news as just another part of their profit-making enterprises. Newsrooms place a high priority on being … services — is any better. Political partisanship is even making its way into local news broadcasts. Reith wanted the … United Kingdom …
In 2011, thousands of ultra-nationalist demonstrators took to the streets of Moscow, armed with tsarist insignia and shouting the anti-immigrant chant "Let's give Russia back to the Russians!"

Russia’s Lost Empire

Review of Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation, From 1470 to the Present, by Serhii Plokhy (New York: Basic Books, 2017)
… in former Soviet republics, especially in Ukraine . In Lost Kingdom: The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation, From 1470 to the Present , … inquiries under what he calls the “Russian question.” Lost Kingdom both investigates the historical development of this …
JFK and Jackie Kennedy on a sailboat

Watching JFK Live and Die Years Later

… about the tragic couple and their mythic Camelot. Stephen King’s recent best-selling novel 11/22/63 (2012) tells the … that saving Kennedy would also “save his brother. Save Martin Luther King. Stop the race riots. Stop Vietnam, maybe … Get …
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders in 1963.

Giving Up on the Dream?

… the 1963 March on Washington. The march’s signature event, Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have A Dream” speech, continues to stir the …