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Hurricane Elena photographed from Space Shuttle Discovery, September 1, 1985

Rough Weather Ahead

Review of Sea of Storms: A History of Hurricanes in the Greater Caribbean from Columbus to Katrina, by Stuart B. Schwartz (Princeton University Press, 2015)
… wipe out major elements of the infrastructure for providing food, drinking water, and shelter. The question of how …
Close-up of Indian couple's hands during wedding ceremony

Reproductive Politics and the Making of Modern India

… could reproduce more rapidly than they could grow more food from the land. Given this tragic imbalance Malthus … could sort of obtain, you know, their next meal or the food they needed or the cash they needed for other expenses. …
Students at the Tuberculosis Sanitorium, Phoenix Indian School, ca. 1890-1910.

Early American Contagions

… of colonial Florida under Spanish missionization, labor and food tribute requirements by Spaniards accompanied the …
Aerial view of Hiroshima before the bombing

Bombing Hiroshima

… Hiroshima is an exquisite, complicated city known for its food, the stunning natural beauty of its bay, and an …
15th century painting of Christine de Pisan, QUeen Isabeau, and 7 other women

Medieval Women's Rights: Setting the Stage for Today

… and celebrity by miraculously subsisting on odd and unusual foods. Carolyn White Walker Barnum has documented 45 … a saint when she started giving away all of her husband's food. If anything, I think these women can remind us that …
Cover of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman by Margot Mifflin.

Taking it on the Chin

Review of The Blue Tattoo: The Life of Olive Oatman, by Margot Mifflin (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009)
… popularity and deliberate retreat as it began to recede are food for thought in a celebrity-obsessed culture. The Blue …