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… 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 …

… of refugees and most violent forced migrations in human history, especially as a result of the First and Second … is perhaps one of the oldest routes of contact in human history, going back to the Iron Age and the great empires of … current refugee crisis is but one moment in the much longer history of refugees, immigrants, and displaced persons in …

… in the National League, was a critical year in the history of Cuban baseball as well. Brioso frames his … of organized baseball, Brioso does little to provide a history of baseball in Latin America or Cuba.  Although he offers tantalizing insights into the history of Cuban baseball, such as José Marti's interest in …

… prevented Congress from enacting federal legislation. The history of gun control predates the nation itself. American … “gun rights” and “gun regulation,” both sides rely on history to make their case. So here is a review of ten crucial moments in the history of gun regulation in the United States. Student …

… the Paris Peace Accord. It was then the longest war in U.S. history; although commonly dated as beginning in 1965 with … D.C. that resulted in the largest mass arrest in U.S. history. Of the Hanoi 9, I had the longest connection to …

… highly convincing. Readers with interests in Middle Eastern history, human rights, and peace studies will glean …

… to Nguyen, is that the industry of memory seeks to create a history of humanity that ignores the inhumanities which are …

… the partial unbanning of Galileo’s Dialogu e and Copernican books in general by Pope Benedict XIV (in 1740–1758); the …

… of an era. Its dry, legal language hides a violent history and was the translation of a frenzied fever dream.  … as an anti-slavery crusader exists to this day. The African History of the Berlin Conference? How we mark the Berlin … Exploration and Exploitation of Equatorial Africa. Basic Books, New York, 2019. Chérie N. Rivers,  To Be Nsala’s …

… have often argued that prosperity is not a given. They say history has demonstrated that city-states do not have good … be taken for granted. Indeed, throughout its documentable history over the past seven centuries, the small island of … Singapore River. Over much of its 700 years of documentable history, the island has been part of some larger entity, …

… two distinct stories about 1915 have been told: an Armenian history largely for Armenian readers; and a Turkish and Turkophilic history for Turks and their friends. The two literatures … in Perspective (New Brunswick and Oxford: Transaction Books, 1986), pp. 61-84. For a firsthand account, see Henry …

… it seems as if the administration is collapsing the history of American political scandal down to a singularity, … outlandish and perplexing scandal in American political history had been one of the earliest: the treason case … Nixon cruised to one of the biggest landslide victories in history. Nixon’s second term, however, was immediately …

… however, may miss the point because each version of this history is so central to the collective identity of each … sat down at the same table for the first time in history. In spite of an acrimonious beginning, bilateral … will root it in decades, centuries, or even millennia of history, it is mostly a creation of the nationalism that …

… but it is an important reminder of the long and harmful history of human interaction with the influenza virus . As … influenza for decades to come. 5. The 1918-1919 Pandemic: A History by the Numbers 1918-1919 influenza mortality in the … century endured the two most important case studies in the history of infectious disease: the 1918-1919 influenza …

… Sometimes the coincidences of history are uncanny.  On Sunday, September 14, 2008, the … the conventional elements of late 19th century economic history, rather he contextualizes the use of gold with other … withdraw the paper that had flooded the economy during the Crimean War (1853-56).  Colonies, such as India under the …

… problems, how did these ideas emerge? And what can history of the “deep state” reveal for citizens of either … for the party that most fully diagnosed that feeling.  The history of “deep state” thinking sheds light on how we’ve …

… lack of strategic empathy that the careful consideration of history provides. The Legacies of the Past With the … from a neglect of the basic scheme of modern Iranian history . It disregards especially the enormous role of … the fraught relationship must therefore be informed by history and by an understanding of how Iran perceives the …

… that immigration is a hot topic. Robert L. Fleegler’s history of immigration policy provides a useful perspective … been expressed in popular culture and public policy. The history of immigration to the United States is characterized … of a more open policy in 1965. His use of school textbooks is especially helpful, because he documents the …

… and civil warfare. This is a standard narrative of African history in the post-independence era, and Crawford Young's … alone covers the most of the important works on history, economy, and politics on the African continent …

… it had outlawed both practices, and it uncovers a hidden history of depravity, hypocrisy, and willful blindness. … trade after 1807. Those interested in British or African history will find After Abolition a worthwhile read. … …