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… the heart of our largest cities. We forget that zoos have a history. And uncovering this history requires an archeology of sorts. Stroll with me … walkways. They read the educational placards and zoo guidebooks that provided information about the natural history, …

… American economy tanked at least every decade or two. U.S. history textbooks are filled with boldfaced subheadings that begin "The … took the lead in offering assistance. Rediscovering this history underscores an important fact. Leaving the …

… give a biography of Shakespeare. The last six comprise a history of the productions of Shakespeare and an account of … The remainder of the book primarily provides a production history of Shakespeare from the Restoration of the English …

… the evidence and create context for these great moments in history, but untangling these questions is not just the work … Pollio. They are looking back at a momentous shift in history and seeking to understand it. Their Caesars … Republic: How Rome Fell into Tyranny (New York: Basic Books, 2018). Anke Rondholz, “Crossing the Rubicon: A …

… Theodore E. McCarrick , had a long and widely rumored history of misconduct against priests, seminarians, and … suggest that it is deeply rooted in the Church’s own history. In fact, several explanations proffered in heated … of priests has been a thorny issue for much of the history of Christianity. Yet today’s crisis of the Catholic …

… (right). Like St. Louis No. 1, New Orleans carries its history in its very bones, still bearing marks of the past … women and children at auction in New Orleans The dark history of the slave trade in Louisiana is often overlooked in favor of less violent aspects of antebellum history. Until recently, there was no recognition of the …

… And now our privacy is circling the drain.  But the real history of data privacy in America is considerably more … they made the United States the first nation in history to legally demand a regularly scheduled enumeration … more personal details like financial information, criminal history, marital status, medical history, and level of …

… bimetallism . All are convinced. [Read here for more on the history of currency and today's currency wars ] It also … the masses of people, whose actions at certain moments in history coincide with some of these beliefs, will share … and cultural tendencies inherent in his title. These books received wide general readership, and the last two won …

… of inferiority complex misses the mark. For lovers of food history, this book is a trove, detailing menus as the …

… I’ve spent my career studying and teaching modern history—events and processes from the 16 th century on and … China, India, and Central America—are a reminder that human history is so much longer than we usually care to remember; … Zayatskii Island. It is of course not unusual in Christian history for priests and others to erect crosses or …

… of intense political polarization Arizona State University History Professor Donald Critchlow takes readers back to an … defeat in 1964 was the most decisive in American history. With these three as foils, Critchlow holds up … Character 's Epilogue briefly summarizes America's long history of polarization. Critchlow insists that "judicious …

… Insurgencies have been around since the dawn of recorded history, as have the means used to suppress them. Until … movement had collapsed. [ Click here for more on recent history in Kenya .] The United States has its own history of relocating civilian populations to enable the …

… current party system? A brief tour of national political history suggests two insights on this question, one obvious, … charismatic and entertaining unforeseen events in American history: Theodore Roosevelt. The split he created in the … majority of significant third-party candidates in American history came from disgruntled portions of the existing party …

… more important to their imperial interests, including the Crimean War (1853-1856), Anglo-Persian War (1856-1857), and … substances in circulation today. Such careless misuse of history is a powerful argument for recalling the events of …

… Change (MDC). Now the country might learn from the history of its northern neighbor, which has tried to balance … collapsed in 1994. This was a watershed moment in the history of South Africa as  the first democratic, … 1999, marking a historic turning point in the political history of Zimbabwe. It was a formidable opposition party …

… and Wildlife Service publications in 1939 and wrote popular books on ocean life. These works illustrated the connections … University Press, 2005.  Davis, Frederick Rowe. Banned: A History of Pesticides and the Science of Toxicology. New … of Kansas, 2015.    Nash, Linda. Inescapable Ecologies: A History of Environment, Disease, and Knowledge. Berkley: …

… On August 19, 14 CE, the most influential man in Roman history died. Augustus began his career by fomenting a civil … fondly for reigning over some of the most famous writers in history, a wealthy and expanding empire , and a time of … Instead, we tend to view him (and so many people of ancient history) as we do characters from epic tales or plays, like …

… have been experiencing perhaps the worst drought of their history, the "Big Dry," as they're calling it. The drop in … nation—has long been considered the worst in Australian history. By 1902, Sydney's water supply was running out, and … Fleet sailed into Sydney harbor in 1788. Through their history, Australians have often been, in the insightful …

… seen, but what is not debatable is the long and complicated history that led Greece on a trajectory to the crisis … would be to misunderstand the country’s complex financial history. Economic troubles began with its creation and were … Crisis ;  1989: The Year That Changed It All ;  The Fate of Crimea ;  Memories of the Great War ; and  Armenians, Turks, …

… weekday, after all—but by briefly examining the regulatory history of our closest modern-day analog to Prohibition: the … Fruit and the Tree of Knowledge: An Inquiry into the Legal History of American Marijuana Prohibition,” Richard Bonnie … than whites. Bonnie and Whitebread wrote that the legal history of alcohol prohibition in the United States …

… World properly situated in its Cold War context. It is a history of how the geopolitical atmosphere dominated by the … this collection of essays reexamines Latin American history from a “Third Worldist” perspective, defining the … the fields of Latin American, Third World, and Cold War history points the way toward much future research. With …

… involvement in the hajj and its role in shaping the modern history of this sacred Islamic ritual. Crowds travel to the … And in a new twist last year, after annexing  Crimea  from  Ukraine , Russia offered Crimean Tatars … under European influence and control for the first time in history. From its eighth-century beginnings after the birth …

… our current environmental crisis. Thinking about the history of Earth Day provides perspective on both the … chronicled the ill effects of postwar consumer abundance. Books such as The Quiet Crisis (1963) by Stuart Udall, Ralph … to action catalyzed the largest demonstration in American history to date. On April 22, 1970, over 20 million people …