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… also one of the most misunderstood. On this episode of History Talk , scholars Ousman Kobo , Amy Pate , and Amanda … Patrick Potyondy   Welcome to History Talk , the podcast that brings together a panel of … Kobo   My name is Ousman Kobo, associate professor of history at the history department here at OSU. Amy Pate   …

… approaches. These new approaches are driven especially by books like Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow , books … On this season of Prologued , I talk with experts on drug history about the global roots of the drug war, how it … Together, we will uncover how the centuries-long history of drug control prologues today's discussions of …

… In this way, Gerwarth’s book is a wonderful addition to the history of the Weimar Republic. …

… giving them increased agency in the formulation of their history. Silverman uses archaeological records to tally the …

… author and statesman Thomas More (c.1478-1435) fashioned a history of England in which Richard was a humpbacked man … accounts like More’s to inform his own version of England’s history. More, however, had worked for both Henry VII and … Curry.  Bosworth 1485: A Battlefield Rediscovered . Oxbow Books, 2013. Hicks, Michael.  The Wars of the Roses . Yale …

… dead. William of Newburgh’s Historia Rerum Anglicarum ( History of English Affairs ), describes an incident in which … medieval legends of the restless dead? As with most history, no single answer suffices. These stories grew in … great vampire fiction authors of tomorrow? If our ideas of history can adapt to new information, so too can our …

… ways to break out of the feminine mystique. Given Friedan’s history as an advocate for working-class and working women … continues to be recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century and one of the leading …

… amendment adopted in 1976. Copson does not present new history in these considerations, but he usefully underscores …

… how things are now. Yet in point of fact, the idealistic history we imagine is almost always entirely false and it is … past and figure out where romanticism ends and actual history begins. In Chivalry in Medieval England , Nigel Saul … he discusses one of the most distorted topics in medieval history: the code of chivalry. Although not without its …

… as the official national celebrations commemorating that history—which had so failed Indigenous peoples in … much discussion about Indigenous peoples and their history of colonialism under the Canadian nation state. On … to the urgency of Indigenous issues. Some Canadians look to history to make sense of the legacies that inform native …

… Fire is an unquestionably important event in international history. For hundreds of years, it has signified a key … and sometimes rewritten entirely.   Further Reading:  Roman History Introduction:  Potter, David S.  Ancient Rome: A New History . Third Edition. New York, New York: Thames & …

… story, but one that does not tell the entire history of Europe's meeting with the native populations of … the Bible ever mentioned, is the main theme of Abulafia's history. The indigenous peoples of the Americas both … the modern individual emerged to take his place in history. This is an extremely interesting part of the book, …

… of the 1917 Russian Revolution with a flood of new books which explore the Revolution and its long-term impact … it will appeal to both specialists in the field of Russian history and to general audiences that wish to unpack the rich and complex history of the Russian Revolution.    …

… we can learn from the last 200 years of women's political history to better inform our present, and future. For  … Dr. Joan Flores-Villalobos is a historian of women's history who recently joined the University of Southern California's history department. And she found that her students were …

… the rest of the book. The second chapter presents a brief history of archaeology in Romania, whose roots as an … in learning about a burgeoning field in European prehistory—and rethinking some assumptions and conclusions …

… In the Beginning . Lienesch begins with a brief but solid history of the development of American fundamentalism. … continuance up to today. As well as providing a detailed history of the movement, Lienesch, a political scientist, … the past seventy-five years combined. Given the plethora of books on Scopes, including Edward Larson's excellent Summer …

… the Oklahoma City bombing squarely within the longer history of a White Power movement that had its genesis in …

… the importance of fresh and local ingredients.  Many cookbooks published in past ten years promise simple and … some of the primary sources available for studying the history of food in this period.  Pinkard's summary of early … as restaurants developed in the eighteenth century and cookbooks became less expensive and readily available.  …

… through our foreign aid. This is a quiet, measured history, but it is not without a point of view, one which … other words, that Eisenhower was right. Sometimes writing history is about charting change over time. Sometimes it is …

… including much of their own previous work. Throughout the history of U.S. relations with Latin America, the Crandalls … far outside the realm of official policymaking in their history.  While a book with the subtitle The United States … objectivity.  But undergraduates being exposed to the history for the first time will benefit from the Crandalls’ …

… the Vikings and Norse mythology are having a moment.  From History Channel’s  Vikings  to Marvel’s  Thor  films, to … remember. Icelanders in particular had a keen interest in history, as evidenced by works such as  The Sagas of … of  Vikings  paved the way for many of the shows and books mentioned in the first paragraph of this article, with …

… Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. In this month’s History Talk , we speak with Professors Laura Beers and Ian … Eric Michael Rhodes   Hello and welcome to History Talk . We're the podcast that brings together … Britain is Dr. Laura Beers. She's associate professor of history at American University in Washington. There, Dr. …