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… it difficult to break free from the constraints of their communities, for many churches, political parties and laws … And it educated others to follow in those steps. It should come as no surprise that its students accepted slavery. … the University of Alabama and a writer for the History News Service. His book on the Tulsa race riot of 1921 will be …

… Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 . New York: Walker and Company, 2010. Gao, Hua. Translated by Stacy Mosher and Guo … D.  The Search for Modern China . New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 1991 Vogel, Ezra F.  Deng Xiaoping and the …

… too much about it." (Library of Congress) But that did not come to pass. The “no state shall” language was ideally … easier to argue that denial of rights inhibits interstate commerce than to rely on the Fourteenth Amendment. The … Amendments before the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee. (Library of Congress) Slowly, they interpreted …

… Welcome aboard the train, British History ! In preparation for … in the world. The bloody 1900 Boer War and increased competition with the Germans over railroad and maritime control have also worn down this locomotive. Still, this “weary titan” (p.15) is in tip-top …

… year, Russia’s legacy as an imperial power has suddenly become the stuff of current affairs. As Russian leaders assert … affinity for eastern cultures acquired during his military service on the frontiers of Siberia and the Russian Far … that is engaging, insightful, and accessible to a wide audience. Along the way he neatly summarizes critical moments …

… not discrete organizations, but frequently interacted and competed, sharing players and locations, effectively … for the 1946-7 Cuban League season was only three quarters completed. With the end of the Second World War, and the …

… the park’s museum, which is located beneath the Arch, was completely redesigned to acknowledge the growing consensus … video essay presented here, I ask viewers to keep this more complex and troubling context in mind as well.) Written by …

… Assassination Records, and now the files of the 9-11 commission. Decisions about access to these materials should … Collins of Maine, chair of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and a Republican, noted in Weinstein's … the Ivory Tower (2005), and a writer for the History News Service. He is also a professor of history at the University …

… — have orbited the earth since 1961. Space travel cannot become cheap until the age of rocketry is replaced by an age … actual payload. Nor are rockets fully reliable. To launch a communications satellite into geosynchronous orbit demands … space a radical reduction of the cost to reach orbit must become a national priority. Several promising technologies, …

… regime would have been non-bureaucratic and humane. Robert Service, professor of Russian History at Oxford University, … speculative thinking with his new biography on Trotsky. Coming after his previous biographies on Lenin and Stalin, … Alexander Parvus (1867-1924) and fell in love with his life-companion, Natalya Sedova (1882-1962). Quickly returning to …

… until seven years later, are usually credited with this accomplishment, having banished slavery in their remaining … move in novel areas. To be sure, these path-breaking acts compromised with the grim reality of slave owners’ property … tested the law-enforcement skills of Northern states compelled to check the felonious dispatch of slaves to the …

… French Louisianians like myself no longer have much in common with our cousins in Paris. But in 1803, following the … the governor learned to loosen his collar a little, to compromise, to speak French, and to practice crafty … television this fall. He is a writer for the History News Service. …

… some 6,000 dead and wounded. Perhaps 20,000 Filipino soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians were … force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from … College in Virginia and is a writer for the History News Service. Jeffrey E. Key teaches in the department of …

… some 6,000 dead and wounded. Perhaps 20,000 Filipino soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians were … force will be counterproductive in Iraq. Negotiation and compromise will help us sort out Iraqi patriots from … College in Virginia and is a writer for the History News Service. Jeffrey E. Key teaches in the department of …

… for those unfamiliar with such theory. Lienesch's comparisons of the antievolution movement to other social … the Scopes trials than the past seventy-five years combined. Given the plethora of books on Scopes, including … in tactics; the movement has seemingly changed its goals completely in recent decades. Early anti-evolutionists, …

… in the form of Uncle Sam withholding the keystone to complete the "League of Nations Bridge." The traditional way … signatories would have to accept. To make matters more complicated, these “reservationists” came in two flavors: … the "Wilson Hotel" or the "Lodge House." While this outcome set the country on the path of unilateralism, the U.S. …

… to end the arms race and proceed toward “general and complete disarmament.” Nuclear weapons states pledged not to … For superpowers and developing nations, the treaty thus embodied very different aspirations, fundamentally at odds with … University of Michigan, and writes for the History News Service. …

… He twice attempted to escape the tremendous financial commitment by promoting a joint lunar trip by the United … most Americans opposed sharing technology or glory with the Communist giant. Without the threat of a hulking enemy … an independent historian and a writer for the History News Service. …

… spirit. Even in the mid-19th century, New York City was in competition with new garden suburbs that beckoned well-to-do … dwellers with natural landscaping, open space, and cheap commuter steamer and train service into the city.   Legislators expected a return on …

… fantastic history sites from around the web. These are websites that – much like Origins – seek to bring history … our times told by the people who were there.” The BBC World Service podcast Witness brings listeners daily podcast … and war. The podcast is available on the BBC World Service website and on iTunes . Fans can also connect with Witness …

… and which the young Lenin read five times (14).  Lenin's commitment to activism strengthened in college, first at … of St. Petersburg, where he, like many of his peers, studied Marx, finding the theory to be a "sound and scientific" … harm.  Unlike other works on Lenin, such as those by Robert Service and Richard Pipes, which seek to find precedence for …

… standard-bearer for South Carolina. Among his many accomplishments, Thurmond holds the record for conducting the … one is hard pressed to think of another politician who combines self-indulgence with sanctimoniousness in such … rest of the South Carolina delegation fought off the Secret Service. But why don’t we finally give South Carolinians …

… George Santayana made one of the world’s best known comments about history when he said that those who learn … triumvirate of 1920s conservative Republican presidents, died in 1923 amid bribery and corruption scandals that were … in New Brunswick, N.J., and a writer for the History News Service. …