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… “enemies” as American political and media elites contend? History tells us otherwise. Although the bad episodes are … moments as well. These constructive episodes complicate a history that is often painted as invariably antagonistic. …

… popular culture as posters, Advo cards, billboards, movies, books and magazine articles, television programs, and … have taken place in many places and times throughout history, and they are part of fairy tales and folk legends. … of modern life. More from the Author For more on the history of child abduction and the history of children in …

… in 1835: “The misery hardly finds a parallel in the history of commerce. The bones of the cotton-weavers are … analogies to Luddism can, admittedly, be found within the history of American labor . Perhaps the most striking … system was “a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized …

… arguably the most pro-China candidate in Taiwan's history, had won the election with a 2-million vote margin … multiparty election in Taiwan's modern—that is, post-1949 history (the first was held in 1996)—Ma ran on a platform … half prior to Ma's May 20 inauguration). DPP, KMT, and the History of Taiwan's Political Landscape The DPP is just over …

… showing the members of the League of Nations throughout its history. One NGO in particular was the International … as the most comprehensive call for human rights in modern history. Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt holding the …

… untangle a few of the many complex strands that make up the history of energy policy in America. And that, I hope, will … the U.S. has enjoyed an abundance of energy throughout its history: from the founding of the country in the 18th … peak oil argument reflects both a constant refrain in the history of oil and the basic boom-and-bust cycles of the …

… Solzhenitsyn discovered by 1994 that the Soviet Union was history and that there were no longer any barriers to his physical return or the return of his books. He came home in a triumphal procession by train … talents made an indelible mark on twentieth century history. Scholars and students continue to marvel at the …

… Behind the tragic events in Darfur lies a complex history of deeply entrenched social inequalities, an … or states, of the Darfur region in western Sudan. A long history of internal migration, mixing, and intermarriage in … persisted throughout Sudan's colonial and post-colonial history. These inequalities are exemplified by the …

… by common religious beliefs, tribal alliances, and a history of independence from colonial domination. The … Other analysts might venture even further back in history to 2004, when the first of six wars between the … fathers etched their place as immortal heroes in the history of the Yemeni republic. As the members of this …

… see beyond fantasies about Greenland, one must look to its history and culture. Only then can we begin to understand … Norse and an implicit warning about the consequences.  The history of Greenland, told from an Inuit perspective, looks … comprising around 160,000 Inuit. From this viewpoint, the history of Greenland cannot be told separately from the …

… is Dr. Susan Hartmann, an expert on 20th century women's history and a professor emeritus of American history at The Ohio State University. For this episode, Dr. … Perspective , an online publication of the Public History Initiative, the Goldberg Center, and the history …

… defiance, and horror. The event resonates in the history of a city that has long sat at the crossroads of … American casualties. As stated in the  U.S. Army’s official history , the destruction was regrettable, but “American … tank enters Fort Santiago. Again, the Army’s official history : “That the artillery had almost razed the ancient …

… Global Drug War. You've got the laws that are all on the books at the beginning of the 20th century. But I think it's … States that reverberates throughout all aspects of its history that followed…including its trajectory on drug … drugs; it is a victim of drugs. Throughout this entire long history, the drug war has acted to reconcile these …

… Masters of the Middle Waters gives the early history of Middle America the treatment it deserves, placing … find its way into the essential canon of Native American history and Lee should be commended for it. … Review of …

… had attained a height of prosperity not surpassed in the history of European colonies. It contained 8,000 plantations … blossomed into the largest, bloodiest slave uprising in history. By the end of September, over a thousand … to become one of the most hated and persecuted countries in history. Immediately after Haiti's declaration of …

… by walking the reader through nearly 150 years of Italian history, beginning in the 1450s and ending just before the …

… the deadliest month of the greatest pandemic in recorded history: the “Spanish Flu.” Recent estimates suggest that … On its centennial anniversary, it is worth remembering the history of the “Spanish” flu and how it set us on the path … global influenza pandemic left an important legacy in the history of medicine. Beyond shocking tolls, the pandemic …

… the enemy during wartime. The most notorious leak in U.S. history came in the early 1970s, when Daniel Ellsberg—a … of bureaucratic power. So given this long leaky history, what makes the WikiLeaks material so interesting? … "influence" around the world seem not to understand this history. Today's world is interconnected in novel ways, and …

… May 8, 1980, smallpox played another momentous role in the history of  public health , when the  World Health … eradicated. This was the first and only time in human history that a deadly  human disease was eradicated … free of one of the deadliest infectious diseases in human history. Learn more: Ian Glynn and Jenifer Glynn,  The Life …

… income inequality has been a defining discourse in American history for more than a century and a half. Class Comes to … Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels famously wrote that "the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle." When The Communist Manifesto was …

… irreversible and untouchable welfare program in American history.” On August 14th, 1935, President Roosevelt signed … the correlations between poverty, chronic disease, family history, and psychology to determine that the onset of … to other groups. National health insurance, like the history of voting, would be incremental, bestowed to one …