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… most valuable colonial possessions in an era of uncertain communications and increased European competition. It also details the diplomatic problems faced … dilemma. Although English possessions in the Caribbean were less extensive, the government in London had as little (or …

… at the fringes of European and Asian societies, Ho's complex experiences have been canonized at home and abroad, with records from former communist territories off-limits, and formal writings from … man who moved in and out of the great political struggles of his times, influencing the trajectory of twentieth …

… on the first day of the war. The air offensive destroyed passenger trains, and machine-gunning columns of fleeing … intellectuals, nationalists, the clergy, the nobility, teachers, and prominent Jews. By December 1939, German … Polish soil and in the ensuing six years Poland became the site of a majority of German concentration camps. Though it …

… “North Berwick Witches” tried with her is exceptionally complex, involving politics, religion, magic, and conspiracy … by reciting for him verbatim the conversation that had passed between him and Queen Anne in the privacy of their … to kill them. The core of Agnes Sampson’s devilish treachery was, then, an amalgamation of religious, political, …

… in the years after Rankin’s election and the passing of the 19th amendment, many of these women inherited … as president of the NCN,W the organization deepened its commitment to the Civil Rights Movement, with Height joining … and some women prefer the republican party for the opposite reason, Sarah Paxton A lot of this partisanship is …

… Multilingualism in India is as common as daylight. India recognizes 22 official languages … life, director Mira Nair's visual narrative tells us its rules without seeming to force the story. One of her secrets … While occasionally heavy-handed — certain lengthy passages of dialogue and a uniting finale are two areas that …

… Just how has American society mobilized for a sense of common purpose in the past? And why have we seemed to lose that sense of common … in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the struggles against racism and police violence ? At different … Mobilizing for Common Purpose in the COVID Era …

… the reinstatement of political control via revolutionary committees supported by the military. The Cultural … the Cultural Revolution is history in the sense that it is past. There was a verdict in 1981, and an historical … is but one officially designed Cultural Revolution historic site, a graveyard in the city of Chongqing where Red Guards …

… to Byzantium , Herrin relates a story of two builders coming to her office after passing it daily to ask her what exactly Byzantium was or … Juliet's balcony, and the reader is expected to be able to flesh out her minimalism on their own. The catch, of course, …

… in which lovers look at each other, rather than in opposite directions. Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as Mildred and … case after Mildred writes a letter to Bobby Kennedy, who passes the case on to the American Civil Liberties Union. A … on the couch laughing at the TV. As Nichols’ film ends, the credits reveal the actual photograph of the Lovings on the …

… the counter-revolutionary Contras. The Boland Amendment was passed to end any overt military U.S. support for the … could operate off the books. Photo of FDN & ARDE Frente Sur Commandas in the Nueva Guinea zone of Southeast Nicaragua, … of the shadier characters in this sordid drama emerged: Manucher Ghorbanifar, an Iranian arms dealer and former agent of …

… Until the outbreak of the First World War in 1914, the combination of new technology with the "classically liberal" … the years before World War I was most remarkable for combining expanding trade, growth, and industrialization … with the notable exception of Britain, followed the principles of either bimetallism or a silver standard.  The …

… class, the ministers…the college professors and other teachers, the business leadership class." 1 By abdicating their … helped inspire. Like Nixon in late 1969, the author has become immensely disillusioned with America's leadership class … on the similarities between the United States and past single energy resource hegemons, the author concludes …

… of the bombing and was able to witness how the Japanese commemorate these tragic events. Hiroshima Peace Memorial … to survive the blast, is now a UNESCO world heritage site. Following the official ceremony, smaller gatherings … years there has been public discussion and far greater compassion for survivors of the bombing, though he is still …

… to start with: What do Americans fund every year at levels comparable to annual budget of the Pentagon? Answer: the … to be an enormous enterprise; and second, we don't have a comprehensive sense of its history. Until now. Philanthropy … calculated that families with incomes of $3000/year or less accounted for 60.4% of charitable giving; a whopping …

… however, has more than its share of ghosts. It is the site of the deadliest labor war in American history. Since … above in 1914) had struck for union recognition; the company's obedience to Colorado's 8-hour day law; the right … of Manhattan to the cotton fields of Alabama to the treacherous mines of Colorado, tens of millions of Americans …

… interest in China's future place in the international community has grown. Odd Arne Westad explores China's foreign relations over the past 250 years to offer historical insights for … present-day China and its possible development. Restless Empire extends the vision of China's interaction with …

… different world. His famous words crackled across 238,900 miles of space and electrified those listening back home on … Taskforce on February 1, 2016. That achievement has since become a benchmark in American culture. The expression “if we … the Moon provides a stepping-stone to Mars—a nearby test site before making the 36 million mile trip to the red …

… His friends admired him for his intelligence, honesty, and commitment to virtue, but thought that maybe a little … could not understand why women weren’t capable of getting past these minor flaws to see the romantic within. Yes, we … is a bit too confident in her unsupported claims that no less than Jane Austen and George Bernard Shaw borrowed …

… to sustain themselves in deep sea until the vessel actually comes by." Under the pirates' command, the Sirius Star … , which was transporting 33 T-72 tanks, 150 grenade launchers, 6 antiaircraft guns, and ammunition to Kenya and … extremely high. The cumulative effect is that over the past 57 years Somalia's population has increased from some 2 …

… with a willful misleading of the public, and a war that committed a democratic nation’s armed forces to a … emotionally satisfying, but it oversimplifies a much more complicated picture. All three branches of the U.S. … upheld in federal court. In October 2002, the U.S. Congress passed the Iraq War Resolution, authorizing the President to …

… extended its ruling in Griswold to protect unmarried couples access to birth control.  The Court struck down … the others: Boutilier v. The Immigration and Naturalization Service .   In a six to three decision in Boutilier , the … Instead, the holding is evidence of a much more tenuous commitment to a liberal sexually revolutionizing agenda.  …

… during the same period a plucky group of studious researchers and inquisitive amateurs believed in an alternative … to elevate them to an esteemed position in the eyes of competing Oxbridge scientists, derisive Anglican clergy, and … Hooke, was hired to record the many peculiar experiments passing through Gresham’s halls. Perhaps the queerest was a …

… group of white, educated, middle-class women were overcome with a sense of gratitude. Friedan had explained their … to work outside of the home, Friedan did her argument a disservice. For instance, by dismissing the sixty-four percent … want to repeat Friedan's mistakes, and her writing is so passionate that the reader cannot help but appreciate her …