Illustrating both the domestic and the foreign policy of Soviet rule. Introduction This article explores the first...
History
The trade in rhinos goes back a long way due to a long association with medicine and...
Animals were inherently part of the urban fabric and cohabited with people in post-medieval cities. Abstract In...
He understood political corruption was about a warped system, not just immoral politicians. Voters are in a...
Before the internet meme, there were posters. Once upon a time, posters full of dazzling images and...
After witnessing the bloody struggle with Japan, he thought the public should face the ‘cruel’ facts. Betio,...
We hear about the thousands of species that have gone extinct since the dawn of time, from...
Understanding the naturalists who explored America at various times, particularly in the 18th and 19th centuries. Presentation...
This patriarch of American science was an enemy of Darwin. Here’s how I often imagined Louis Agassiz, the...
Visiting the remote jungle mountaintop where he wrote his insightful paper about the mechanisms of evolution. Introduction...
Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young....
Combining a scene of the plague with a broad-reaching allegory, the painting was relevant for decades to...
Experiences of life and death were throughout the Victorian era intimately connected. When we think of elaborate...
Students progressed in classes from the early stage of simply learning advanced writing. Introduction Schooldays (c. 2000 BCE)...
In a world that considered children miniature adults, Locke discovered the child. “. . . he that...
Rather than illuminate, these “Guiding Principles” indoctrinate. According to state law, Virginia’s learning standards are supposed to be reviewed...
The Mentelles brought French enlightenment values to education in the New World. Sometimes in American history, immigrants...
Period pains are nothing new, and neither are historical “innovative” suggestions for how to deal with them....
For centuries women gave birth in the familiar environment of home, surrounded and supported those they knew....
Birth control and substances used to induce abortion were included in the definition “obscenity.” How ‘Obscene’ In...
The association of food with the dead was common throughout the ancient Near East. Abstract Feeding the...
The Jewish people are known as the ‘people of the Book’. Introduction This remarkable silver crown, lavishly...
The art and architecture produced by independent states between the 14th and 16th centuries. Introduction Mosques, tombstones,...
Early ancestors of the Iroquois, Huron, Innu and Natchez, and the cultural differences that existed among them....
The Mississippi and the mythical “Western Sea” would long capture the imagination. Introduction On 18th century maps,...
They wanted to justify a swift removal of all tribes to reservations, cutting off their nomadic lifestyle....
Fuel came from distorted news reports used to drum up enthusiasm for overthrowing an illegitimate government. Introduction...
Paine faced intense opposition because of his steadfast beliefs in freedom. By Ella Noland Celebrated, then despised,...
Standardization and formality have long been hallmarks of official documentation. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence? If...
The Enlightenment clashed with the Russian army’s desperate need for well-trained professional military officers. Introduction The Military...