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Diocletian's Camp in Palmyra

Understanding the Middle East

… issue today. And I would point to specifically, the role of food production and environmental impacts on food production, leading up to the Arab Spring because … Arab Spring, one of the major complaints was the price of food, especially bread, right? And the slogan was "Adala …
Glacial ice on Lake Baikal

Climate Change and Human Life

… because those are the ones that affect our ability to get food, our ability to survive, and our relationship to …
cars on a highway

Sweet Fuel: The Remarkable Story of Brazilian Ethanol

… kind of energy transition? And so I leave that as a little food for thought when we think about what were the costs, … ethanol industry has been more explicitly tied to food, rising food prices, and other things that the sugar-based ethanol …
Troops of the French 2nd Armored Division parade down the Champs-Élysées on 26 August 1944

The Liberation of Paris

… of strict rationing had drastically reduced Parisians’ food intake, especially those who were too poor to buy additional food on the black market or who did not have relatives in …
Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, by Judith Herrin Book Cover

Byzantium for Dummies

Review of Byzantium: The Surprising Life of a Medieval Empire, by Judith Herrin (Princeton University Press, Princeton, 2008)
… court; describes the lavish clothing, administration, food, architecture, and art of Byzantium; reveals a …
Cover of The Chiefs Now in This City: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America by Colin Calloway.

Native Americans in Urban Places

Review of , “The Chiefs Now in This City”: Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America, by Colin Calloway (New York City, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021)
… ran advertisements seeking runaway Indian slaves. Native food vendors participated in the “French Market” of New …
A long line of migrants in India

Migration and Mobility: Yesterday and Today

… when people live in places where climate supports abundant food production and that we, we shouldn't be surprised. Just … the absence of water, drought, and the inability to produce food will be huge, huge, huge, huge issues. Dr. Robin Judd  … tried patchwork quilt, like lots of metaphors. I prefer the food ones. But you know, the the idea is that like you help …
Border Fence/Wall

Shifting Borders: The Many Sides of U.S.-Mexican Relations

… that are also very necessary to the sustaining of our food economies, of our food security. And so it really leads to some devastating … in agriculture and particularly in our meat processing, food processing industries. But at the same time, we seem to …
Mutineers in Petrograd during March 1917, shooting upon the Tsar’s police forces.

Russia’s Trial by Fire

Review of Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War 1914-1921, by Laura Engelstein Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017
… in the capital cities. The strike began as a response to food shortages that were the result of mismanaged policy and …
President Barack Obama signed the ARRA into law on February 17, 2009. Vice President Joe Biden stood directly behind him.

A New New Deal Must Be For All

… earn money that is vital to paying mortgages and putting food on the table.   The problem with Obama's proposals is …
Emergency servicemen and volunteers remove rubble and demine territory after Russian shelling, Kyiv, Oblast, 2022.

Ukrainian Architecture at War

… essential pieces of city infrastructure still operating as food markets or grocery stores today. These stunning …