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The Trials of Laura Fair by Carole Haber Book Cover.

A Woman Scorned?

Review of The Trials of Laura Fair: Sex, Murder, and Insanity in the Victorian West, by Carole Haber (Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013)
… with words like “sex,” “murder,” and “insanity” in their titles promise a level of excitement and intrigue which their … a narrative worthy of the hype. Even if she had not committed and been tried for murder, Laura Fair would have … in fact, she was the “other woman.” Given her colorful past, Laura also did not appear to be an innocent succumbing …
Black Panther

Searching for Wakanda: The African Roots of the Black Panther Story

… was elaborated in the next issue (#53, August 1966). Marvel Comics’ dynamic duo Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the … , who has penned the storylines for the Black Panther comic since 2016, has also pointed to Ethiopia , a country … has said that he was influenced in part by his trip to Lesotho. The small kingdom, surrounded on all sides by South …
A Uyghur hunter in Kashgar, 2005.

Xinjiang: From Autonomy to Dystopia

… along streets and highways capture license plates of vehicles as they pass. Checkpoints along highways, at gas stations, and in … more recently, of settler colonialism. It is also based on competing visions of history and of who belongs to the land. …

Beyond 'Tribes': Violence and Politics in Kenya

… going to take their seats the next day and that they were completely resolute in overturning the election and bringing … Kenya's already weak governmental provision of social services. The Kenyan government has never protected its … the oath of office. The Kikuyu elite referred to him as "a passing cloud" and a "limping sheep that could not lead …
The view of Dresden and the Elbe River from the very top of the Frauenkirche.

A Postcard from Dresden, Germany: Living in the Shadow of World War II

… or “Old Town,” is relatively new. This area had to be completely rebuilt after its destruction during  World War … experienced racist attacks on several occasions during the past few months. Thankfully, all hope is not lost. The youth … people of Dresden daily confront their city’s complicated past as they walk through its beautiful streets. Sunset by …
Mural in Guernica based on the Picasso painting. 

Guernica and the Horrors of Modern War

… Guernica was not the first strategically insignificant, non-combatant town ever to be targeted for aerial bombardment, … right to say that the Minotaur of The Minotauromachy , no less than the unconscious woman and wounded horse, is a … of war itself, and of the atrocities that continue to be visited upon civilian populations in the form of aerial …
Mourners picket after the Triangle fire. Their signs, hung with black crepe, accuse shop owners of graft, locked doors, and managing workers in fire traps.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

… 4:45 pm, the smoke and shouts brought them running to the site. They watched, helpless, as firefighters tried … watching scores of young women and several young men die, combined with the awful realization that this tragedy could … labor codes with worker protections. Twenty new laws were passed as a result.  One of the investigators for the …

Becoming 'European:' The Diverging Paths of the Czech and Slovak Republics

… west became (if ambivalently for some) the second former communist-bloc state to assume the rotating presidency of … in thuggish politics, often misusing police and security services to intimidate or discredit his political opposition … but delayed ratification until legislation is passed strengthening the role of Germany's parliament. Klaus …
Cover of A Tale of Two Monasteries: Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century by William Chester Jordan.

To Serve God and the King?

Review of A Tale of Two Monasteries: Westminster and Saint-Denis in the Thirteenth Century, by William Chester Jordan (Princeton University Press, 2009)
… and Saint-Denis were among the most organizationally complex and bureaucratically advanced entities operating … the abbeys of Westminster and Saint-Denis. The book chronicles the intertwined lives of two of their respective abbots, … Without question, the two men performed tremendous public services to their monarchs, but Jordan's focus on this …
George W. Bush and Al Gore

Bush v. Gore Twenty-Five Years Later

… call “the law of unintended consequences.” That phrase has come to be understood as a warning that intervention in a … senior posts be filled by the first day of its existence, lest the country’s national security be endangered. That … unstated premise that allowing the Florida recount to go on past December 12th would undermine the effort to form a new …
Three former directors of the Global Smallpox Eradication Programme read the news that smallpox had been globally eradicated, 1980.

The WHO and the Eradication of Smallpox

… was the result of a decades-long global program involving complex geopolitical cooperation, human ingenuity, and … the intensified smallpox eradication program passed by only two votes. Henderson described the new plan … illness on October 16, 1975. They traced her contacts and poured vaccines and vaccinators into the region to block any …
Students in Mexico protest the PRI in 1968 with a sign that reads "Mexico '68: The Year of Repression."

Counterinsurgency and Drugs in Cold War Thailand and Mexico (Prologued, Season 2, Episode 5)

… Prologued … James Bradford The United States essentially becomes one of the major contributors to Afghanistan's … benefits the United States because then there is ostensibly less heroin coming into the United States. And at the same … in the state of Guerrero led by two communist school teachers, Genaro Vázquez and Lucio Cabañas. Brionna Mendoza But …
Communards with flags

The Socialist Legacy in France

… Today OSU student Patrick Potyondy talks to OSU researcher Alice Conklin for our latest segment of Writers Talk … Thanks for being on the show Professor Conklin and welcome.   Dr. Alice Conklin   Thank you for having me.   … difficult trans-, a difficult time transitioning into the service sector economy have gravitated, unfortunately, to …
Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War, by Harry S. Stout Book cover.

Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War

Review of Upon the Altar of the Nation: A Moral History of the Civil War, by Harry S. Stout (New York: Viking, 2006)
… historical writing. In short chapters filled with battles and sermons he argues that the conduct of the Civil War … 24,000 casualties, yet religious leaders only became more committed to their crusades and more strident in their … for the generals, politicians, and clergy of the past, even with the benefit of hindsight. And so after …
Ukrainian refugees board a train in Lviv, February 2022.

West Ukraine’s War Stories: A New Chapter?

… played an outsized role in the 20 th century struggles for control of eastern Europe.  It was here that the … this region has also been central to Ukraine’s complex journey to define itself. In the Soviet era and in … New York Times , hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have passed through the city of L’viv alone and city officials …

From Fat Cats to Egg Heads: The Changing American "Elite"

… at … well, any number of things. Lumping them together, the commentariat called all these angry voters “populists” and … further after the Second World War when the GI Bill was passed. Education, Americans have always believed, can … political discourse. The real elites are journalists, researchers, and college professors. They now pose the greatest …
Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature, by Kathleen Drowne Book Cover

Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature

Review of Spirits of Defiance: National Prohibition and Jazz Age Literature, by Kathleen Drowne (Columbus: Ohio State University, 2005)
… to loosen his creativity and imagination. As we have come to know Fitzgerald the person, the chances are good … apathy, habit or addiction. Drowne's answer is that regardless of the strength or weakness of one's political … and limited nineteen-twenties literary diet of Dos Passos, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, and Faulkner. …
A 1939 reconstruction of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi.

The Treaty of Waitangi

… free consent of over 500 rangatira (chiefs) and the tribal communities they represented. A 1939 reconstruction of the … abolished in 1876, the holidays themselves live on. Charles Heaphy’s rather romantic depiction of 1842 Wellington. … Since 1985, the Tribunal has re-explored the colonial past and a series of Treaty settlements have recognized …

Taiwan's 2008 Elections: A New Direction for the 'Other China'?

… (where Ma grew up and went to college), Ma has never visited the Chinese mainland. After graduating at the top of … Those who hoped the DPP would leave behind the corrupt past found themselves sorely disappointed. In 2008, by some … however. Most recently, Representative Dana Rohrabacher (R-California), head of the Congressional Taiwan …
An MP looking north from South Korea in the Demilitarized Zone, 2008.

The War That Never Ended: The Legacy of the Korean War

… forces, however, the South Korean military repelled the Communist attack and eventually pushed them north of the … materials are full of anti-American caricatures and passages. By depicting U.S. foreign policy as … and other civilians on state-funded trips to this site. Complete with wax figurines of long-nosed, beast-like …
Dr. Aleš Hrdlička

“No law can change our blood"

Review of Blood Will Tell: Native Americans and Assimilation Policy, by Katherine Ellinghaus Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2017.
… to the long list of assaults enacted on the Native American community, put alongside boarding schools, forbidden … problem.  If fewer Native Americans were “on the books,” less money and administrative time could be spent on the … law all of which existed before the Dawes Commission. Cherokee chief Oochalata wrote to President Grant in 1876 …
The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America, by James T. Patterson Book Cover.

Capturing a Moment

Review of The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America, by James T. Patterson (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… my professor is onto something. Patterson shares with other commentators the feeling that 1965 was a “pivot” or a … the results of Johnson’s Vietnam escalation have a far less favorable legacy. The “fork in the road” identified in … as that of the Stones and Dylan” (p. 147). Concurrently, passage of the Voting Rights Act and the enactment of …