Winning and Losing at the Battle of Waterloo
… in another direction"? In the twentieth century, Waterloo's meaning has continued to reflect contemporary political …
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Populism and Anti-Americanism in Modern Latin America
… It suggests a pre-democratic way of governing, though its meaning in practice is often fuzzy and contested. For … the Western Hemisphere to be its domaine reserve , meaning that no other country should mess in the United …
For Mom, Blueberry Pie — and Iraq?
… of physical devastation accompanied by the minimum of human meaning.” An official survey of Army Air Corpsmen in 1944 …
Poland Takes Charge of Its Own Revolution
Review of Empowering Revolution: America, Poland, and the End of the Cold War, by Gregory F. Domber (The University of North Carolina Press, 2014)
The Past and Future of the Global War on Drugs (Prologued, Season 2, Finale)
… the words we use about drugs are so saturated with other meanings and that have come into our lexicon over time based on the sort of connotations attached to those meanings. So earlier I mentioned the word addiction. This is …
President’s Commission on Race a Failure
… what all blacks and some whites already knew — that the plague of racism had created two separate and unequal …
LOOT: Colonial Collections and African Restitution Debates
… advent of decolonization, these collections had acquired meaning as the national heritage of newly independent …
Early Encounters with Penguins
… Ardennes in 2013, Medieval Riverscapes: Environmental Meaning and Memory in Northwest Europe in 2024, and most …
The American Dream after COVID-19
… Black Death . These diseases, including our current plague, are, after all, only natural—in part. A protest sign …
Capturing a Moment
Review of The Eve of Destruction: How 1965 Transformed America, by James T. Patterson (New York: Basic Books, 2012)
… media attention and galvanized Johnson’s push for a meaningful voting rights act. This had been precisely the …
Meddlers Hamstring Iraq Policy
… administrative and procedural reasons to forestall any meaningful action to advance civil and political rights in …
Children at Play: An American History
Review of Children at Play: An American History, by Howard Chudacoff (New York: New York University Press, 2007)
The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa
… hoped-for economic gains, to say nothing of realizing any meaningful social change. The notion that a major sporting …
How the Mighty European Military State has Fallen
Review of Where Have All the Soldiers Gone: The Transformation of Modern Europe, by Jeff Sheehan (Illustrated. 284 pp. Houghton Mifflin Company)
A Short History of Celebrity
Review of A Short History of Celebrity, by Fred Inglis (Princeton and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2010)
… a reflective and rambling excursion into the sources and meanings of modern celebrity. His basic points are … not do," for "these people have things to tell us about the meaning of our lives." A great celebrity, he maintains, … see beyond the harsh realities of everyday life, offers meaning through her/his stories, and provides respite to …
American Populism and the Persistence of the Paranoid Style
… they had legitimate economic complaints and contributed meaningfully to a salutary tradition of political reform, … Does "populism" describe these tea party groups in a meaningful way? Not everyone thinks so. Certainly, they are …
