The owners of waterwheels and their mills were the first barons of industry after the so-called ‘Dark...
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The nineteenth century is a decisive time in the development of medicine and the medical profession in...
The contradiction in his character is particularly well illustrated by his behavior during the Philadelphia yellow fever...
Examining what drugs were available in Russia and the great diversity of drugs traded in early modern...
The plague swept through Christian Europe and Islamdom at roughly the same time – between 1347 and...
The work covers the entire history of ancient Persia from the creation of the world to the...
These poets would affect the literary arts of cultures around the world and continue to inspire readers...
With America’s entry into World War I, Decoration Day shed once and for all its distinct association...
Going back to May 30, 1868, with “Decoration Day”. Introduction Three years after the Civil War ended,...
From the outbreak of war with Napoleonic France, Britain had enforced a naval blockade to choke off...
In the first years after the Revolutionary War, Americans found it difficult to acknowledge a debt or...
When intolerant white people fear out constitution may benefit marginalized people, they abandon their commitment to it....
Jamestown quickly began expanding beyond the boundaries of the three-sided fort first built on the banks of...
The site for Jamestown was picked for several reasons, all of which met criteria the Virginia Company,...
From magic bowls to holy shirts, Muslim cultures used various devices to protect the user from harm...
Looking at how people thought about science and religion in the past can inform the contemporary world’s...
The “Christian nation” project, promoted by the Religious Right is a serious threat to America’s social, cultural,...
‘Wondirful revelacyons’, the moving of the soul through visionary experience, are the subject of Kempe’s narrative. Introduction...
Ancient Greek religious practice was essentially conservative in nature and was based on time-honored observances By Colette...
The first evidence of Persian literature is usually dated to c.522 BCE with the creation of the...
It would appear in later works such as the Atrahasis, The Epic of Gilgamesh, and – most...
The history of the American labor movement is a history of external and internal struggle. Abstract This...
Industrialization led to a dramatic increase in child labor. Introduction This explores the dangerous, exhausting work undertaken...
By Matthew FeeneyDirector, Project in Emerging TechnologiesCATO Institute Originally published by CATO Institute, 11.01.2018, under the terms...
The border wall, drug smuggling, and lessons for immigration policy. Originally published by CATO Institute, 12.19.2018, under...
Water appeared at the very beginning of Cherokee cosmology. When anthropologist James Mooney published the first of...
Impacts of the Spanish invasion on the pre-Columbian cultures of the Americas. Spanish Treasure In the age...
This question, so often asked by us in times of crisis and despair, or love and joy,...
An awareness of our mortality, of our precious finitude, can move us to seek the meaning that...
As a highly precious and coveted gemstone, ruby signifies intensity of emotions and pride with its brilliant...