Avoiding History at the National Trust — History News Network
On May 10 the National Trust for Historic Preservation joined countless local historians who, over the years, have maintained a conspiracy of silence about one of America's most shameful secrets.. Between 1890 and 1968, white Americans established thousands of towns across the United States for whites only. Many towns drove out their black populations.
The Bowl Truth — History News Network
Oct 1, 2024 · Emma Maggie Solberg is an associate professor of medieval English literature at Bowdoin College in Maine. She has published on bookworms, the Virgin Mary, and poetry. She is at work on a new project about the influence of strange medieval theatrical practices on contemporary culture. Joan of Arc, by ...
What "Crackhead" Really Meant in 1980s America
Jul 11, 2023 · The memories of politicians and police have been allowed to dominate our understanding of the emergence of crack cocaine in the 1980s. A new book seeks to elevate the voices of urban Black Americans and others who experienced it directly and …
Why Study History? Revisited - History News Network
Sep 18, 2020 · Over two decades ago I was asked to write a pamphlet for the AHA on the reasons to study history.I emphasized the variety of skills involved in history learning, from writing and developing arguments, to assessing evidence, …
podcast - History News Network
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freedom of information — History News Network
Matthew Connelly Presents Digital Lessons on the History of Government Secrecy. Historian Matthew Connelly offers a series of talks and lesson plans for social studies teachers about the origins and significance of government secrecy, classified information, and …
Richard N. Haass — History News Network
Richard N. Haass: America Can Take a Breather. And It Should. Richard N. Haass is the president of the Council on Foreign Relations and the author, most recently, of “Foreign Policy Begins at Home: The Case for Putting America’s House in Order.”THE United States is currently enjoying an unprecedented respite in the foreign policy arena — a temporary relief from the normal rigors of ...
deterrence - History News Network
On the Eve of Destruction: Breaking the Double-Bind of the Nuclear Arms Race by Richard Rhodes. Politicians and defense contractors who wanted American nuclear supremacy won out over scientists seeking international effort to contain the extinction-level threat posed by thermonuclear weapons, even to the point of denying the planet-destroying power of the H-bomb.
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Antebellum Period - History News Network
Before the Civil War, America Was a ‘House Divided’ in More Ways Than One. Alan Taylor's book on the political conflicts of the early republic innovates by taking a continental view of political changes in Canada and Mexico, where conflicts over slavery and economic development became truly pan-American phenomena.