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… civilization is a myth. It does political and cultural work for those who cling to it, but it does not faithfully convey … story, the myth relegates that city’s more interesting, complicated history to the margins. Ian Worthington’s latest … First, Athens held fiercely to the possibility of freedom, and it took centuries for this attitude to change. …

… fans and flashbulbs from the many reporters who would inform the nation that a new kind of British Invasion had … would help define American life for generations to come. In 1964, the relatively new musical genre of rock and … these records to complement the demand. Radio DJs like Alan Freed started playing black music and imitating the voices …

… a recognized international norm, yet it only extended to former colonies. Groups within postcolonial states that made … awaiting recognition. The book is available Open Access for free download on the Cambridge website .  The Moderator … perpetually awaiting recognition. Her book is available for free download, and we'll send you a link at the end of the …

… on campus."       – Mission Statement, Youth for Western Civilization, Tom Tancredo, national chair   … immigration.  Citizenship would be determined by one's freely chosen support for republican principles.  The … would contribute to the "wealth and strength of the community."    Similarly, John Laurance of New York declared …

… Tallahassee hours earlier. Waiting for the verdict had become unbearable. On the charge of second-degree murder, the … Sanford, Florida never wanted Zimmerman arrested. Now he’s free to kill another child.” White Americans, meanwhile, … in the sleepy town a few days when he and several buddies visited a convenience store to purchase candy and cold …

… recreational use. Across the state, celebratory stoners welcomed the New Year by lining up at licensed retailers to buy … purchasing medical marijuana requires a perfunctory visit to a “pot doc”—licensed physicians who specialize in … regulation. Cannabis, like opiates and cocaine , was freely available at drug stores in liquid form and as a …

… action undermined an election's legitimacy, in 1888, voters forced established politicians to address political and … entrepreneurs to large corporations.  In our time, it is free trade and globalization, or the opening of world markets to facilitate competition across national boundaries. Record campaign …

… behind the president and written a $40-billion check for an unspecified military action and recovery in New York … John Ashcroft asks for authority to hold non-citizens incommunicado indefinitely if the government regards them as a … proposal becomes law, security measures will increase. But freedom will decrease. So before the United States takes the …

… your right, you will encounter the upscale whiskey house, complete with nineteenth-century stone walls that feature … maritime, industrial, and working-class culture, when you visit the neighborhood today, the only reminders of that … Flats, which received status in 2017. Teuchters Landing Freehouse, a restaurant in the old Edinburgh-Aberdeen Ferry …

… In May 2019, during a visiting professorship at Nazarbayev University in … Once part of the Russian Empire of the tsars and then the Communist Soviet Union, Kazakhstan has been independent … hours and 500 miles later, we arrived in the city of Semey (formerly Semipalatinsk), where we met Ulan and his Nissan …

… Ohio State University Dr. Sarah Brady Siff , Drug Enforcement & Policy Center, Moritz College of Law; Ohio State … Professor of History and Director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching, Ohio State University … enticed to gamble online with all sorts of incentives like free money to begin, you know, the first hit is always free, …

… Coming to terms with the American Civil War is no easy task. … about many of the war's other legacies, including a transformed federal government, a shift away from an agricultural … Whigs and Democrats into a sectional division between free and slave states that foreshadowed the political …

… actions, the focus dramatically expanded to questions of free speech, patriotism, and respecting the flag. While many … Brenna Miller    Welcome to History Talk the podcast that brings together a … a protest of the fact that Kaepernick was not signed as a free agent this year, despite being obviously better than a …

… denounced a Senate bill to extend an increased tax credit for children to the nation’s 6.5 million low-income families, and has buried the measure in another round … government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.” But the same Lincoln quoted scripture to say that the …

… anniversary of the so-called “Rumble in the Jungle,” George Foreman’s 1974 heavyweight title defense against Muhammad … so as to be shown on closed-circuit TV at 10 pm EST. When free TV and rebroadcasts around the world are factored in, … knocked out an exhausted Foreman with a series of powerful combination punches. George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali, October …

… December 25, 1848, brought an unwelcome gift to the Queen City. That Christmas Day, a dying man … and migration that allowed the disease to move more freely and rapidly. The disease itself was perhaps thousands … “Cincinnati is the city of pigs,” wrote English visitor Isabella Lucy Bird. “[S]wine lean, gaunt, and …

… Now that Ford Motor Company has announced its “Way Forward” … into finished products. The plant attracted countless visitors, among them Charlie Chaplin, who visited it before he produced “Modern Times,” the classic … History News Service … What Bill Ford Is Learning from Great-Grandpa …

… (Madras) in India. Madras was born in 1636, when East India Company official Francis Day signed a treaty with the Nayaka … he chose to settle the EIC where he could be near her and visit her frequently. Nearly four centuries later, the EIC … aid the Company would allow missionaries to proselytize freely in India. The legacy of this in Madras is clear: …

… arrived on the banks of Russia’s Kama River on 11 July 2016 for an intense five-day excursion through the … by the industrial sites of “Catharinenburg” that he visited twice—on his path to and from Siberia in 1734 and again in September 1742, commenting from Nev’iansk: “I had little interaction with …

… of people, many decked out in hoop skirts and militia uniforms, will drink mint juleps and dance the night away. … "has nothing to do with slavery."  He proposes that it is a commemoration of South Carolinians who "stood up for their …   When the city fell to the Union army that year, local freedpeople staged public demonstrations to mark slavery's …

… activities ranging from taking neighborhood strolls to visiting pet stores. Their owner is responsible for meeting … were often labeled luxuriant leeches. However, by 1900, the common dog was a faithful companion and beloved family … and leisure time. Strays were prevalent, and some Britons freely snatched dogs up from urban lanes.  Breeders were …