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The Sack of Panama: Captain Morgan and The Battle for the Caribbean
Review of The Sack of Panama: Captain Morgan and The Battle for the Caribbean, by Peter Earle (St. Martin's Press '07, $25.95, 292 pages, ISBN #0-312-36142-4; index, source notes, bibliography, unillustrated)
Can Bush Avoid the Curse of Re-election?
… money appropriated by Congress. And he constantly invoked “national security” as an excuse for presidential excess. But …
Slavery, Gay Rights, and the Bible
… to be worried. A growing plurality of Americans accepts gay unions, and approval is strongest among the young. So, …
Who Owns the Past?
Grade Level
4-8
Teaching Area
Ancient History
World History to 1500
World History since 1500
… examples of three kinds of cultural heritage from their own national, state, and local cultures. On the second day of … … Museums … Colonialism/Imperialism … Global/Transnational … Ancient History … World History to 1500 … World …
Why Dick Allen Never Reached the Hall
… the more than 180 players who have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame since 1936. Dick Allen, …
The Birth of Peronism
On October 17, 1945, hundreds of thousands of Juan Perón's supporters clogged the streets of Buenos Aires marking a consequential moment in Argentina’s history and the birth of Peronism.
… the plaza and the avenue connecting the Casa Rosada and the national Congress marked a consequential moment in …
Science Beseiged
Review of Science Under Fire: Challenges to Scientific Authority in Modern America, by Andrew Jewett (Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press, 2020)
… public confidence. Ideological agendas would shrivel as national unity took hold. “For this crisis, the things that …
Breaking the Trust: Relation Tensions Between Iraq and the US
Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
World History since 1500
US History since 1877
American Government
War & Peace
… Religious diversity, the end of colonial rule, and rising nationalism have led to regional conflicts in the Middle … East … Iraq … Education … United States … Diplomacy/International Relations … Military/War/Peace … World History …
From the Transatlantic Telephone to the iPhone
The real origins of the iPhone’s power stems from the pioneering efforts of communication innovators that preceded the AT&T engineers of the 1920s.
… long-distance communication really begins with the Western Union post-diggers who laid the first American … Bart Elmore … Atlantic … Science & Technology … Global/Transnational … Internet … From the Transatlantic Telephone to …
A New Chance for Peace in Tibet
… remains China’s greatest challenge, domestically and internationally. Instead of the peace, stability and economic … Despite increased repression, public expressions of Tibetan nationalism continue–even terrorism, with a few bombs … the Tibetan spiritual and lay leader, has successfully internationalized the question of Tibet, resulting in universal …
Race and Voting, Past and Present
… explicit basis of race violates American law as well as our national conscience. When Congress passed the Voting Rights …
The Federal Government and Policing the Police
Grade Level
9-12
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
African American History
American Government
… then interact with a President who will attempt to direct national policy around a hot-button issue like police …
Hot off the Presses: France and Its Empire Since 1870
… underpin them. It situates modern French history in transnational and global contexts and also integrates the themes …
Economic Justice — in the Streets
… ransacking Houston as Argentineans did Buenos Aires? Non-union white-collar workers do not throw rocks. But from a …
