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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 …