A lack of government regulations enabled strange “cures”. Introduction Throughout the nineteenth century and into the early...
History
Knowledge circulation and information technologies in 17th-century Russia. By Dr. Clare Griffin1Assistant Professor, Department of HistoryAssistant Professor,...
In some ways, this is a history of an intellectual cul-de-sac. By Dr. Dina GusejnovaAssociate Professor, Department...
No one thought at the time that the Soviet Union could collapse. By Dr. José Luis Ferreira-GarcÃaAssociate...
Everyone supposedly has them, but where exactly do human rights come from? By Dr. Bennett PartenAssistant Professor...
Candidates who defined themselves as Washington outsiders. Introduction In 2016, a billionaire businessman and the first woman...
Bicycles took American consumers by storm in the 1890s. Introduction Although it seems very unlikely, bicycles had...
Piecing together the evolution of retail strategies implemented by cloth botigueros (shopkeepers). Introduction It is not new1...
Early writers on probability had explained how the ‘house advantage’ didn’t need to be large for a...
Bernard Marigny, a famous swashbuckling gambler, had real estate developments that shaped the city’s character. In the...
Few places on the planet love poker as much as the US. Thanks to its vibrant poker...
Over the past few decades, casinos have become a huge part of popular culture, directly influencing many...
Maps have shaped American cultural ideas about travel, place, and ownership. Introduction From the earliest days of...
It connected the port of New York City on the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes. Introduction...
Parks play a broader role in supporting community engagement. Introduction In 1853, the City of New York...
Mystery cults were a supplement to traditional Greco-Roman religious practices. Introduction Mystery Cults, or mystery religions, were ancient...
Cult actions can be spontaneous, improvised, and therefore unsystematic. Human actions may be divided into those that...
Portraits were a major element of Roman material culture. By Dr. Austen Leigh LaRoccaProfessor of Art HistoryUniversity...
Bharat Mata and the difficult relationship of nation, gender, religion, and citizenship in South Asia. By Dr....
British land policies that vastly exacerbated peasant indebtedness were chief culprits. Introduction This article examines British writing...
Where does this enduring image in the West of Indian railways – and of India – come...
Her character still casts resounding echoes in both myths and history. By Dr. Nathalie ChoubinehIndependent Researcher in...
Of primary importance for many Neopagans is the triple goddess. Introduction As we approach Mother’s Day, many...
The study of childhood is in fact the study of a given culture’s construction of childhood. Introduction...
Elements of central African syncretic religions were brought to other places. Introduction A watercolor painted around 1750...
They became the driving force of Kenyan nationalism in the mid-20th century. Introduction The Kikuyu people (aka Gikuyu or...
Western observers have used the past to portray African economic culture as backward and inadequate. By Dr....
As the lists of seven deadly sins prove, anger was certainly seen as a disorder within medieval...
They were paranoid to root out counter-revolutionary spies and conspirators, turning citizens against each other. Introduction The Reign...
Richard Strauss did not specify what precisely his music was attempting to remember. By Jeremy EichlerClassical Music...