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… stand at the bow of the ferry as the water of the White Sea comes in wave after wave through the hole in the gunwale for … written a marvelous book on Solovki asks, “What would make someone leave life behind, seeking an existence of … (And just how naïve a question is that?) Daily life was extraordinarily hard and abusive. Cold, poorly clothed (if …

… a million people. South Dakota, the stories revealed, had become the “Cayman Islands of the Heartland.” As unlikely as … emergency rooms, and spikes in crime, including sex trafficking. In its first decades, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally … were comfortable commodifying their bodies to make some extra cash. She was most assuredly not: “I guess the only …

… Nicholas Breyfogle: Hello and welcome to "Postwar Decolonization and Its Discontents." … Decolonizing and Its Discontents , I'm going to feature, some bits of my new book States in Waiting , which is … 1970s as part of one of his crusades. And that's a time of extraordinary violence in the region. It's still quite well …

… impact outside Europe than in it, he nevertheless makes a compelling case for viewing these wars as events of truly … cohesive narrative for certain regions, Mikaberidze does some occasional backtracking. This structure works … case studies illustrate that the Napoleonic Wars exerted an extraordinary amount of influence outside Europe. Some of …

… you are a fan of all things spooky, odds are you have heard some iteration of vampiric legend. From Robert Eggers’ 2024 … sometimes glitteringly attractive, creatures come from? While not an exact replica, the myths and legends … First, a note of caution. The word “vampire” did not come into existence, at least in the English-speaking world, …

… as supermodels strut about on TV. This claim, however, is something the Baronne d’Orchamps wrote over one hundred … - mostly through means of fashion photography and short accompanying descriptions - Hill attempts to describe lingerie … and girdles. When draped over mannequins, these artifacts come to life as one flips through the pages and watches the …

… Specifically, should he be issuing the vague warnings – of something terrible that might happen sometime somewhere … of immigrants were rounded up on vague suspicion of communist or anarchist sympathies. Ashcroft and his aides have indicated, commendably, that they want to avoid the civil liberties …

… the elevator. (Photo Credit, AP)  In late July 2014, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell also handed Rice a two game … and battered women themselves did in the 1970s has been, in some measure, successful in changing policies and attitudes … abuse illegal. These Puritans also relied heavily on community policing to regulate violence in the home. Privacy …

… by all of the above and its ilk cannot but hope to find some perspective in a book that carries the title A Short … of intense familiarity with distance.  This is the "compound" that makes the celebrity sacred in modern society: … than a coherent narrative or analysis.  This difficulty is compounded by Inglis' garrulous writing style.  He holds …

… of Technology (MIT) announced that it was opening up some of its online courses to anyone in the world who wished … "Introduction to Solid State Chemistry," "Introduction to Computer Science and Programming," "Quantitative Methods in … in part to open up access to higher education. It should come as no surprise that MIT would be a leader in making the …

… to Byzantium , Herrin relates a story of two builders coming to her office after passing it daily to ask her what … it fell to the Ottoman Empire. Byzantium fulfills some of our ideas about the Medieval period, with political … to address those who do not know enough about Byzantium to extrapolate a complete immersion from a spare description. …

… a famous politician dies, obituary writers and other commentators immediately start comparing the departed figure to other powerful people. As … him to Richard Nixon. This is unfortunate, since there are some striking and illuminating analogies to be drawn between …

…   Leticia Wiggins  Welcome to History Talk , the history podcast for everyone from … I teach US Latina/Latino history and have written on Latino community formation, Mexicans and Puerto Ricans in post-war … economy or Cuban culture or politics, their frustrations sometimes went to the United States. And I think very …

… stoking its fires long after they should have burned out. Some of the prime minister’s detractors have labeled him a … peace. At his inaugural ceremony in 2018, he counseled a complete break with the past forms of governance that were … and invited banned opposition groups to return. The Nobel committee was most impressed that he made peace with …

… that spreads easily, sickens people quickly and kills them sometimes. It also pays its call on a world that has no … threat to public health: the specter of a pandemic, and the complacent American response. The so-called "Spanish" flu … of knowledge unknown to doctors then. But they haven't come up with an antidote to SARS. A vaccine may yet be …

… market crisis of the century occurred in 1907 when some speculative schemes by powerful bankers began to fail. … reacted by pulling their money from banks and trust companies. The stock market lost nearly half its value. J.P. … His New Deal organized the Securities and Exchange Commission to monitor the stock market. New legislation …

… experienced the most disturbance, as Trump has disregarded some core Republican principles, including free trade and … ). First, his administration has eased natural resource extraction and delivery, especially regarding energy … more and more reliant on toxic substances, the shortcomings of this approach became increasingly apparent. The …

… in Shelby County had roughly ten times as many residents as some of the rural districts with equal representation in the … thereby over-ruling earlier decisions that courts were not competent to decide such political questions. Two years … the rapidly growing majority of urban dwellers (often newcomers to the state, immigrants from southern and eastern …

… 29, 2012, newly appointed General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Xi Jinping gave a speech that would become a signature moment in his young leadership. Later known … Chinese characteristics” or the “socialist market economy.” Some have likened the new Chinese economy to Western …

… Musicals are the quintessential American dramatic art form, combining spoken dialogue with music, song, and dance. For … precursors of the genre, often referred to as burlesques or extravaganzas, the plot served as an afterthought, a device … rarely dealt with actual historical subjects, some did adapt familiar historical characters from folklore. …

… aristocracy started to fail. Titles and privilege, to some extent, lost their influence. Interwar England became a … instance, crossed the Atlantic and settled in England, becoming members of the English aristocracy and elite British … he tends to glorify the privilege that allowed for such extravagance, giving the majority of country estate owners a …

… capitals and Washington, D.C., to protest the federal income tax. As their name implies and their banners state, … citizens resisting “taxation without representation.” In some ways, they resemble the original tea partiers, perhaps … than they realize. But they’re dead wrong in their main complaint: today’s tax policies are a direct result of what …