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The Fifth Wave?

… and textiles from the 1780s until the 1810s — what textbooks once called the Industrial Revolution. Steel, … at Portland State University, Ore., and a writer for the History News Service. … History News Service …
President Clinton and Vice President Gore sitting in the Oval Office in 1996.

An October Surprise Again?

… will be no surprise. Itai Sneh is an assistant professor of history for world civilizations, human rights and … History News Service …
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International Women's Day

… International Women’s Day, and in following with its long history of competing traditions, March 8 is now marked in a … Connecting History …
Cover of Conspirator: Lenin in Exile by Helen Rappaport.

Conspirator: Lenin in Exile

Review of Conspirator: Lenin in Exile, by Helen Rappaport (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2010)
… Lenin in Exile , by Helen Rappaport (New York, NY: Basic Books, 2010) …
Cover of Apache Diaspora by Paul Conrad.

“Diaspora” as a Creative and Historical Force

Review of The Apache Diaspora: Four Centuries of Displacement and Survival, by Paul Conrad (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2021)
… frame the Native past is critical. Ned Blackhawk viewed Ute history through the framework of “violence.” Pekka … As a historian covering several hundred years of indigenous history in one book, Conrad does an admirable job stitching dispersed subjects and sources into a cohesive history. Documents from the first two hundred years prove …
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Joseph Smith Discovers the Gold Plates

… Few episodes of American religious history appear as unlikely as what Joseph Smith claimed to … uncovered gold plates on which he claimed were written the history of a Christian civilization that lived in the … new invention of the day: printing plates. Two recent books published by Oxford University Press, timed to …
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Emancipation by What Means?

Review of The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom, by H.W. Brands (New York: Doubleday, 2020)
… problems facing the country needs to understand the long history of racial abuse and exploitation and those who …
Lenin waving flag in front of crowd of workers and soldiers

From Romanovs to Reds: Russia's Revolutions at 100

… Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a panel of … Breyfogle, a historian and expert in Russian and imperial history at The Ohio State University. Dr. Nicholas … should write that. Jessica Vinas-Nelson  Well, speaking of books, another big question: in what ways did the revolution …
scene from the video game Valiant Hearts, The Great War

Top Ten Origins: Historically Themed Video Games

… sources for historical engagement. Origins looks at ten history games: their value, miscues, and development. 1. … The Great War is an emotionally charged journey through history. The development team, partnering with the … War I creators, produced a game that stays true to the history of the Great War . In the chaos of war, Valiant …
Japanese people in line at induction station during WWII

Japanese Internment, Nativism, and Today

How did nativism affect US citizens during WWII? How is nativism still prevalent today?
Grade Level
10
Teaching Area
US History since 1877
… US History since 1877 …