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Illustration of Packing Room in Opium Factory at Patna, India

The World of Opium: From “Free” to Illicit Trade

Review of Opium’s Long Shadow: From Asian Revolt to Global Drug Control , by Steffen Rimner (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2018)
… aspect of using a transnational framework to study world history is the acknowledgement that information, ideas, and …
June 4th, 2014, at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park (Photo by the author)

Remembering Tiananmen: The View from Hong Kong

… the Tiananmen student movement have long since entered textbooks in the West. June 4th, 2014, at Hong Kong’s Victoria … exile. Most prominent among them was the Peking University history student and leader Wang Dan (pictured left), who … Party’s unease with mourning reflects the tenuous state of history in China. Deaths from the Great Leap Forward famine …
The Olympic flag flies at half-staff during a memorial service to the slain Israeli athletes, September 6, 1972.

The Munich Olympic Massacre

… Sayigh Bergman, R. (2018).  Rise and kill first: The secret history of Israel's targeted assassinations . Random House. … (1973). Black September: militant palestinianism.  Current History ,  64 (377), 5-8, 37. Bohr, F. (2012, August). …

Who's not to Blame in the South Korea-Japan Spat?

… of war crimes in official government statements and history textbooks. It is also manifest in the ongoing territorial … exhibited at the National Museum of Korean Contemporary History (left) . President Park Chung Hee signs the treaty …
2009 Tour de France winner, Alberto Contador, wearing the yellow jersey on June 26, 2009.

The Tour de France and the Yellow Jersey

… two orphans as they traverse France, learn about its history, regions and populations, uniting all of France … Tour de France has become both a celebration of France, its history, and landscapes and a means by which the race unites …
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Between Black and White

The Complexity of Brazilian Race Relations
… Miscegenation, or racial interbreeding, has had a long history in Brazil, dating back to the colonial period when … political arena where Afro-Brazilians could speak out. The history of the Second Republic (1945-1964) and the military … elections, judged to be among the freest in Brazil's history, ushered in a new political phase: civil liberties, …
view of the site of the explosion in Tunguska

The Tunguska Mystery Explosion

On June 30, 1908, a massive mysterious explosion of a cosmic body shook the skies of Tunguska (in Siberia), on a date that would come to be known as International Asteroid Day.
… Day. But was it an asteroid? Andy Bruno discusses the history surrounding the event. Written by Andy Bruno. …
Mao Zedong clapping and Mao Zedong speaking at a microphone

The Founding of the People's Republic of China

On October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong (1893-1976) announced the establishment of the People’s Republic of China marking the end of China’s chaotic era of foreign domination since the mid-18th century.
… Press, 2001 Dikötter, Frank.  Mao’s   Great   Famine: The History of China's Most Devastating Catastrophe, 1958-1962 . …
Plague doctor mask

The Black Death and Its Aftermath

When it was over, the populations of Europe, China, and India were cut by a third to a half.
… bubonic plague and the most devastating pandemic in world history. It was a descendant of the ancient plague that had …
People dancing in a Broadway musical with their hands in the air

Our Top Ten Historical Musicals

These are our top ten musicals based on real-life people and events that have shaped the theatre.
… Musicals have sought to bring history to life onstage, with varying degrees of creative …
Liu Bang

Liu Bang, from Peasant Rebel to Emperor

Liu Bang rose from obscurity to be crowned emperor of China 2215 years ago on the 28th of February, 202 BCE.
… is undeniable that some individuals do change the course of history through sheer force of will – not to mention a …